The Digital Doctor - Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age

McGraw Hilll Education, 2017. Good secondhand condition.

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.

We need to recognize that computers in healthcare don?t simply replace my doctor?s scrawl with Helvetica 12, writes the author Dr. Robert Wachter. Instead, they transform the work, the people who do it, and their relationships with each other and with patients. . . . Sure, we should have thought of this sooner. 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.