The final Medicine and the Machine podcast guest, physician and author Gavin Francis, shares his approach to keeping his occupation rewarding and satisfying.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Gavin Francis, MBChB (Hons), BSc (Hons), Department of Primary Care, Edinburgh University; General Practitioner, Department of Primary Care, Community Clinic, Edinburgh

Free For All. https://www.gavinfrancis.com/books/free-for-all-why-the-nhs-is-worth-saving/

Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence. https://www.gavinfrancis.com/books/recovery/

Adventures in Human Being. https://www.gavinfrancis.com/books/adventures-in-human-being/

You may also like:

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology

https://www.medscape.com/twic

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]

He's alive thanks to a repurposed drug. Now his dream is to find cures for millions of people from among drugs we already have.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Director, Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment & Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chasing My Cure. https://chasingmycure.com/

His Doctors Were Stumped. Then He Took Over. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/business/his-doctors-were-stumped-then-he-took-over.html

Every Cure. https://everycure.org/

You may also like:

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology

https://www.medscape.com/twic

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]

Dr Eric Topol discusses the present and future of AI in medicine with historian and futurist Dr Adam Rodman.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Adam Rodman, MD, MPH, Instructor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Co-director, iMED Initiative, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

SHORT CUTS: MEDICINE, Navigate Your Way Through Big Ideas, Adam Rodman, MD, MPH; ISBN: 9781785789946. https://iconbooks.com/ib-title/short-cuts-medicine/

Bedside Rounds podcast. http://bedside-rounds.org/

You may also like:

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology

https://www.medscape.com/twic

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]

A new book reveals how chance can change the course of a person's health, life, and death.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/

Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, Joseph P. Newhouse Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Random Acts of Medicine. Anupam B. Jena and Christopher Worsham. Penguin Random House. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708150/random-acts-of-medicine-by-anupam-b-jena-md-phd-and-christopher-worsham-md/

You may also like:

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology

https://www.medscape.com/twic

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]

The medical and dental students who kept polio patients alive by hand-ventilating them around the clock are among the cast of characters in this incredible story.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto; Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Autumn Ghost, Hannah Wunsch, MD; https://greystonebooks.com/products/the-autumn-ghost

Why we can thank a polio emergency for the birth of intensive care; Nature 618, 234-235 (2023), Eric Topol; https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01830-3

You may also like:

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology

https://www.medscape.com/twic

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]

The gig was up, but when he finally got COVID, it was pretty far down on his ER problem list.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/

Robert M. Wachter, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter

You may also like:

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology

https://www.medscape.com/twic

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]

Information pollution is just the beginning. We're in for an uncomfortable ride.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Isaac S. Kohane, MD, PhD, Chair and Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

You may also like:

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology

https://www.medscape.com/twic

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]

Dr Eric Topol and Dr Robert Harrington interview Dr Abraham Verghese about his fiction writing methods and Oprah's enthusiasm for his latest novel.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/

Robert A. Harrington, MD, Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor; Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford University; Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

You may also like:

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology

https://www.medscape.com/twic

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]

Dr Helen Ouyang on why she writes so much about the hospital-at-home movement: It's the future, one way or another.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Helen Ouyang, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY

Your Next Hospital Bed Might Be at Home, The New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/magazine/hospital-at-home.html

Hashtag Prescription, Harper's Magazine. https://harpers.org/archive/2016/06/hashtag-prescription/

Acute Hospital Care at Home Individual Waiver Only (not a blanket waiver), CMS.gov. https://qualitynet.cms.gov/acute-hospital-care-at-home

You may also like:

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology

https://www.medscape.com/twic

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]

Should our nation's academic institutions rein in faculty who amplify conspiracy theories and spread potentially harmful falsehoods?

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit: https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Robert A. Harrington, MD, Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor; Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford University; Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California

You may also like:

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]