The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age (Business Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (560 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00TT5I9A0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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It’s an essential read for anyone involved in our health care system: from everyday providers in exam rooms to politicians and policy makers who shape our health care system."Kevin Pho, MD, founder and editor, KevinMD,/p>"In a style that combines the best of storytelling, historical inquiry, and investigative reporting, Wachter takes us on the journey of how healthcare information technology is transforming healthcare, highlighting the risks along the way as well as the powerful future state we might achieve."Tejal Gandhi, MD, MPH, CPPS, President and CEO, National Patient Safety Foundation"This is a brilliant book: funny, informative, well written, and accessible. Wachter tells a gripping tale about the personalities and politics behind healthcare’s digital revolution. The Digital Doctor makes the case that, despite som
He is past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine, past chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a recipient of the Eisenberg Award, the nation’s top honor in patient safety. Robert Wachter is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Californ
It was all of those things, but it was also something far more complicated. "Instead, they transform the work, the people who do it, and their relationships with each other and with patients. It tackles the hard questions, from how technology is changing care at the bedside to whether government intervention has been useful or destructive. Over the past five years, thanks largely to billions of dollars in federal incentives, healthcare has finally gone digital.Yet once clinicians started using computers to actually deliver care, it dawned on them that something was deeply wrong. And it does so with clarity, insight, humor, and compassion. But it’s not too late to get it right."This riveting book offers the prescription for getting it right, making it essential reading for everyone – patient and provider alike – who cares about our healthcare system.. Sure, we should have thought of this sooner. Ultimately, it is a hopeful story."We need to recognize that computers in healthcare don’t simply replace my doctor’s scrawl with Helvetica 12," writes the author Dr. And far more interesting .Written with a rare combination of compelling stories and hard-hitting analysis by one of the nation’s most thoughtful physicians, The Digital Doctor examines healthcare at the dawn of its computer age. Why were docto
Fair and balanced This is the best book I have read on health informatics. It is well written and entertaining to read with numerous real life examples and knowledge gained from speaking to many shareholders in this transformation of medicine. As a clinician with a Health Informatics degree, I found the author to be on target about the past, current and future directions of the interaction of medicine and technology.. Essential reading for all interested in the current revolution in patient care. Concisely tells the story of the transformation of medical care from hand written notes to voice recognition software.Covers the complexities of today's EMR which is not just a document organizer, but the backbone of modern health care systems including all aspects of patient care, patient safety, inventory control, and billing.Also discusses how these changes are affecting both patient and provider satisfaction.As a recently retire (after . hfollis said lived through the era described so eloquently in this excellent book! By far the best book that I've. I am a practicing physician and medical software developer who has lived through the era described so eloquently in this excellent book! By far the best book that I've read about the transition from paper charts to digital medical records. Dr. Wachter writes with great wisdom and perspective about an extremely complicated but important aspect of moving our healthcare system from a fee-for-service environment to a quality-based system based