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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wachter, Robert M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical informatics.

Clinical competence.

Clinical medicine.

Physician and patient.

Medical Informatics.

Clinical Competence.

Clinical Medicine.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Medical Subjects:

Medical Informatics.

Clinical Competence.

Clinical Medicine.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Physical Description:

xv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2015]

Contents:

On call ; Shovel ready

the note. The iPatient ; The note ; Strangers at the bedside ; Radiology rounds ; Go live ; Unanticipated consequences

Decisions and data. Can computers replace the physician's brain? ; David and Goliath ; Big data

The overdose. The error ; The system ; The doctor ; The pharmacist ; The alerts ; The robot ; The nurse ; The patient

The connected patient. OpenNotes ; Personal health records and patient portals ; A community of patients

The players and the policies. Meaningful use ; Epic and athena ; Silicon Valley meets healthcare ; The productivity paradox

Toward a brighter future. A vision of health information technology ; The nontechnological side of making health IT work ; Art and science.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780071849463

0071849467

OCLC:

900261072