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I'm Alan Older, and this is Clear and Vivid, conversations about connecting and communicating.

The more deeply we understand each person as an individual, the better we can deliver

them the right medicine. So let's say biology like the genome, their anatomy through scans,

the physiology through sensors, their environment through sensors, so collecting all that data

about a person is going to get us to a point which no human could do.

That's where we need help from machines.

That's Dr. Eric Topel, one of our country's leading visionaries in the field of medicine,

and he offers a fascinating shift in perspective.

I've talked with a few people on this show about how digital technology might be threatening

our privacy, our ability to relate, and in some cases even our health.

Dr. Topel comes at it from a completely different direction.

Remember when a visit to the doctors of his meant that the doctor took the time to go over all

the factors that might impinge on your health?

Well now it's recognized that there are many more factors to consider, and our doctor has

much less time to consider them. Surprisingly, Eric Topel comes to the rescue with artificial intelligence.

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