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The digital doctor : hope, hype, and harm at the dawn of medicine's computer age / Robert Watcher

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill Education, c2015Description: xv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780071849463
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • R 858 .W38 2015
Contents:
Preface -- Part One: The note -- Part Two: Decisions and data -- Part Three: The overdose -- Part Four: The connected patient -- Part Five: The players and the policies -- Part Six: Toward a brighter future -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- National coordinators for health information technology -- People interviewed -- Bibliography -- Illustrations credits -- Index.
Summary: "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 tackles the hard questions, from how technology is changing care at the bedside to whether government intervention has been useful or destructive. And it does so with clarity, insight, humor, and compassion. Ultimately, it is a hopeful story."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Part One: The note -- Part Two: Decisions and data -- Part Three: The overdose -- Part Four: The connected patient -- Part Five: The players and the policies -- Part Six: Toward a brighter future -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- National coordinators for health information technology -- People interviewed -- Bibliography -- Illustrations credits -- Index.

"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 tackles the hard questions, from how technology is changing care at the bedside to whether government intervention has been useful or destructive. And it does so with clarity, insight, humor, and compassion. Ultimately, it is a hopeful story."

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