Alexa, Do I Have COVID? (with John Halamka)

Dr. Bob talks with John Halamka, President of Mayo Clinic Platform, about how COVID has forced medicine to embrace technology at a blistering pace. They discuss what changed, what will stick around post-COVID, and why a computer will never be able to fully replace your doctor. But, are we close to having Alexa diagnose your illnesses?

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Check out these resources from today’s episode: 

Read Bob’s Washington Post op-ed about why it’s a dangerous time to be unvaccinated: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/this-is-most-dangerous-moment-be-unvaccinated/ 

Keep up with the latest news from Mayo Clinic: https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/ 

Learn more about the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition: https://c19hcc.org/

Read up on the legacy of Henrietta Lacks: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/ 

Order Bob’s book, The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, And Harm At The Dawn Of Medicine’s Computer Age: https://www.mhprofessional.com/9781260019605-usa-the-digital-doctor-hope-hype-and-harm-at-the-dawn-of-medicines-computer-age-group 

Learn more about Dr. Bob Wachter and the UCSF Department of Medicine here: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/ 

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