Deep Medicine - by Eric Topol (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Medicine has become inhuman, to disastrous effect. The doctor-patient relationship--the heart of medicine--is broken: doctors are too distracted and overwhelmed to truly connect with their patients, and medical errors and misdiagnoses abound. AI has the potential to transform everything doctors do, from notetaking and medical scans to diagnosis and treatment, greatly cutting down the cost of medicine and reducing human mortality. By freeing physicians from the tasks that interfere with human connection, AI will create space for the real healing that takes place between a doctor who can listen and a patient who needs to be heard.: --

Book Synopsis

One of America's top doctors reveals how AI will empower physicians and revolutionize patient care.

"A compulsively readable, elegantly written, important account, Deep Medicine will fundamentally change the way you view the future of medical technologies and their impact on our lives." -Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies

Medicine has become inhuman, to disastrous effect. The doctor-patient relationship--the heart of medicine--is broken: doctors are too distracted and overwhelmed to truly connect with their patients, and medical errors and misdiagnoses abound.

In Deep Medicine, leading physician Eric Topol reveals how artificial intelligence can help. AI has the potential to transform everything doctors do, from notetaking and medical scans to diagnosis and treatment, greatly cutting down the cost of medicine and reducing human mortality. By freeing physicians from the tasks that interfere with human connection, AI will create space for the real healing that takes place between a doctor who can listen and a patient who needs to be heard.

Innovative, provocative, and hopeful, Deep Medicine shows us how the awesome power of AI can make medicine better, for all the humans involved.

Review Quotes

"Deep Medicine is an essential look at the future of AI-powered healthcare, told by one of the most exciting researchers in the field."--Andrew Ng, Founder of DeepLearning.AI

"A gimlet-eyed look at the role of computers in medicine...A cogent argument for a more humane--and human--medicine, assisted by technology but not driven by it."--Kirkus Reviews

"Dr. Topol's vision of medicine's future is optimistic. He thinks AI...is set to save time, lives and money."--Economist

"Eric Topol has a unique knack for bringing us to the frontiers of medicine in his books, and this one is no exception. A compulsively readable, elegantly written, important account, Deep Medicine will fundamentally change the way you view the future of medical technologies and their impact on our lives. This book is challenging, thoughtful, and provocative. I cannot recommend it enough."--Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies

"The promise of Artificial Intelligence is deeply human, and its impact is only growing in industry and daily life alike. Deep Medicine is an insightful read about the incredible potential of AI and medicine, written from a refreshingly human-centered perspective. It's not only a landmark book, but the start of a truly historic conversation about the implications of this exciting technology in medicine."--Fei-Fei Li, inaugural Sequoia Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and a Founding Co-Director of Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute

"Deep Medicine is a fascinating tour of how machine learning is transforming medical research, with medical care on the horizon. Topol reminds us that as our machines get smarter and capable of taking over more of our tasks, we must become more human, and more humane, to compensate. Our most brilliant AI tools will help us learn more about ourselves--body and mind--than we can even imagine, but they cannot empathize with a patient. This book is an excellent step toward directing all that knowledge into creating a healthier society, not just healthier individuals."--Garry Kasparov, author of Deep Thinking

"[Topol's] argument for using technology to bring care back to health care is timeless."--Nature

"An optimistic vision of medicine's rapidly approaching future that should be required reading for the public and medical people alike."--Booklist

"Enlightening... Anyone with an avid curiosity about the future of medicine will find this worthwhile."--Publishers Weekly

"Healthcare offers the best opportunity for symbiotic combination of artificial intelligence and humanity. Eric Topol's book is the definitive work from someone who deeply understands both healthcare and AI. I strongly recommend the book, and hope it connects medical practitioners and AI researchers, and help them understand that only by working together, can our shared dreams of health and longevity be reached."--Kai-Fu Lee, bestselling author of AI Superpowers

"Topol passionately and persuasively sets out the transformational potential of deep medicine."--Lancet

About the Author

Dr. Eric Topol is the executive vice president and a professor of molecular medicine at Scripps Research, the largest nonprofit biomedical institute in the United States. He is also founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute and a practicing cardiologist. He was named to the Time 100 Health list of the most influential people in health in 2024. Dr. Topol writes the Substack newsletter Ground Truths and is the author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine,  The Patient Will See You Now, and Super Agers.