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Smartphones can monitor many of your vital signs at home — and do it more cheaply than your doctor. But will technology deliver better medical care? Dr. Eric Topol, author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine, Dr. Reed Tuckson, head of UnitedHealth Group, and Dr. Arnold Relman, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, discuss the future of digital health.
Segment Guests
Eric Topol
Dr. Eric Topol is a genomics professor at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, and the author of several books.
Reed Tuckson
Reed Tuckson is the Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs with the UnitedHealth Group. He is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Arnold Relman
Arnold Relman was a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and professor of medicine emeritus at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.