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CardioExchange, an NEJM practice community for medical professionals dedicated to improving cardiac patient care, was active from 2009 to 2015. CardioExchange fostered discussion between clinicians from across the globe.

February 5th, 2014

Eric Topol to Be AT&T’s Chief Medical Advisor

AT&T announced today that it has appointed cardiologist Eric Topol as its Chief Medical Advisor. The company said he will “impact the design, development and delivery of AT&T’s healthcare IT solutions, connecting the healthcare ecosystem to enhance health outcomes and care delivery processes for patients and their caregivers.”

In addition to his duties at AT&T, Topol will continue to serve as the the Chief Academic Officer at Scripps Health and as the editor-in-chief of Medscape. He is the author of  The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care. Before moving to Scripps, Topol had been the chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. Topol, along with Robert Califf, was the leading force behind the highly influential GUSTO trials and their predecessor, the TAMI trials.

“Dr. Topol is a change agent who has dedicated his career to creating awareness and promoting adoption of health IT solutions to improve patient care,” said an AT&T senior vice president, in a press release. “Enlisting Dr. Topol into our AT&T ForHealth program will help us drive our competitive strategy as we focus on innovative solutions powered by our network.”

Said Topol: “With connected devices, the flow of health and medical information is going through a radical change, which puts patients in an exceptionally powerful and important position. I’m honored to work with AT&T as we seek to develop new solutions that will change the trajectory of digital health and impact patient outcomes.”

Eric Topol

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