The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age (Business Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (990 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1260019608 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Meier and Joan F. Thoroughly researched and brought to life by dozens of stories and interviews with practicing clinicians, Wachter plots a realistic roadmap to navigate the obstacles ahead, without the hype that frequently accompanies digital health solutions. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and Chair, Departments of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania"In Bob Wachter, I recognize a fellow mindful optimist: someone who understands the immense power of digital technologies, yet also realizes just how hard it is to incorporate them into complicated, high-stakes environments full of people who don't like being told what to do by a computer. The reformers may have asked too much, too soon of electronic health records, which may deliver too little, too late. The Digital Doctor not only enlightens and awakens, but it is a delight to rea
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 36 years in practice) surgeon who went from paper records to an Epic Superuser this book rings particula. 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 on patient safety, outcomes and satisfaction. A must read for any physician or provider who wrestles wit
The Digital Doctor is his sixth book.. Author of 250 articles, he coined the term “hospitalist” in 1996 and is generally considered the “father” of the hospitalist field, the fastest growing specialty in the history of modern medicine. Robert Wachter is Professor and
And it does so with clarity, insight, humor, and compassion. The New York Times Science Bestseller from Robert Wachter, Modern Healthcare’s #1 Most Influential Physician-Executive in the USWhile modern medicine produces miracles, it also delivers care that is too often unsafe, unreliable, unsatisfying, and impossibly expensive. Robert Wachter. 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. 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 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. It was all of those things, but it was also something far more complicated. But it’s not too late to get it right.