Eric Topol

Scripps Translational Science Institute

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Cardiologist and director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla, California; author of The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine Is in Your Hands

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Nebraska and Maryland are just the latest converts to a growing trend in healthcare that allows nurses with advanced degrees in certain medical fields to perform such "doctorly" duties…

The Nurse Is IN: When the Doctor Is a Nurse

Nebraska and Maryland are just the latest converts to a growing trend in healthcare that allows nurses with advanced degrees in certain medical fields to perform such "doctorly" duties…

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