Table of Contents
Praise
Title Page
Dedication
Introduction
Epigraph
PART ONE • SETTING THE FOUNDATION
Chapter 1 - THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE
THE WAYS WE HAVE CHANGED: THE C’S
DISRUPTION AND DESTRUCTION
DEALING WITH A DATA DELUGE
THE DATA-DRIVEN CULTURE
THE BIG PICTURE SUPER-CONVERGENCE
Chapter 2 - THE ORIENTATION OF MEDICINE TODAY
Chapter 3 - TO WHAT EXTENT ARE CONSUMERS EMPOWERED?
PART TWO • CAPTURING THE DATA
Chapter 4 - PHYSIOLOGY
BLOOD GLUCOSE AND DIABETES
THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AND HEART RHYTHM MONITORING
VITAL SIGNS
ASTHMA ATTACKS
SLEEP APNEA
MOOD DISORDERS
AGING IN PLACE
MEDICATION COMPLIANCE
THE EMERGING WORLD AND THE MOBILE PHONE LABORATORY
CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGES OF WIRELESS MEDICINE
THE OFFICE VISIT OF THE FUTURE
WIRELESS SENSORS IN CARS
Chapter 5 - BIOLOGY
GENOMICS 101
A PEEK INTO THE GENOME (GWAS)
TEN YEARS LATER: THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST HUMAN GENOME SEQUENCE
PHARMACOGENOMICS
PIVOTING TO SEQUENCING
EXOME SEQUENCING
WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING
SEQUENCING TO SAVE A LIFE
THE RACE TO AMP UP SEQUENCING
PROGRESS IN CANCER GENOMICS
BEYOND SEQUENCE: RNA, PROTEIN, METABOLITES, EPIGENOMICS
PERSONAL “CONSUMER” GENOMICS
Chapter 6 - ANATOMY
IONIZING RADIATION
HEART IMAGING
BRAIN IMAGING
MAPPING THE BRAIN AND CONTROLLING THE MIND
CANCER IMAGING
PRINTING ORGANS
Chapter 7 - ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS AND HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
UNBUILDING A TOWER OF BABEL
MODEL EHR HEALTH SYSTEMS
CHALLENGES WITH EHRS
PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF THE DATA
OPEN NOTES TO PATIENTS
ESCAPING THE SILO WITH PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS
THE EHRS AND PHRS OF THE FUTURE
Chapter 8 - THE CONVERGENCE OF HUMAN DATA CAPTURE
COMBINING WIRELESS SENSORS AND GENOMICS
WIRELESS GENOMICS
GENOMICS AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT
PART THREE • THE IMPACT OF HOMO DIGITUS
Chapter 9 - DOCTORS WITH PLASTICITY?
EDUCATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
PHYSICIAN DEMOGRAPHICS
DOCTORS AND EMAIL
DOCTORS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
TELEMEDICINE
NEW MODELS
DIGITAL DOCTORS OF THE FUTURE?
Chapter 10 - REBOOTING THE LIFE SCIENCE INDUSTRY
NEW TOOLS DRIVE A NEW MODEL
WIKIMEDICINE
THE GUARANTEED-TO-SUCCEED MODEL
DIGITAL MARKETING, TRACKING, AND SALES
THE NEW MODEL TAKES HOLD
Chapter 11 - HOMO DIGITUS AND THE INDIVIDUAL
THE SCIENCE OF INDIVIDUALITY
THE N OF 1 TO THE N OF BILLIONS
THE DELIVERABLES
THE NEED FOR ACTIVISM
DIGITAL DYSTOPIA
HOMO DIGITUS AND MEDICINE SHUMPETERED
AFTERWORD
Acknowledgments
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