Medical Professionalism in the New Information Age

Informationen zum Autor DAVID J. ROTHMAN is president of the Institute on Medicine as a Profession (IMAP) and Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine at Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons. His many books include Strangers at the Bedside and The Pursuit of Perfection with Sheila M. Rothman.DAVID BLUMENTHAL is national coordinator for health information technology in the Department of Health and Human Services. When he contributed to this volume! he was director of the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners HealthCare System and professor of health care policy and Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Klappentext With computerized health information receiving unprecedented government support! a group of health policy scholars analyze the intricate legal! social! and professional implications of the new technology. These essays explore how Health Information Technology (HIT) may alter relationships between physicians and patients! physicians and other providers! and physicians and their home institutions. Taken together! these investigations cast new light on the challenges and opportunities presented by HIT.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David J. (EDT)/ Blumenthal Rothman, David J. Blumenthal Rothman
• Con la collaborazione di: David Blumenthal (Editore), David R. Blumenthal (Editore), David J. Rothman (Editore)
• Editore: Rutgers University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.08.2010
• EAN: 9780813548074
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-4807-4
• Pagine: 236
• Serie: Critical Issues in Health and; Critical Issues in Health and
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie