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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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction by David J. Rothman and David Blumenthal Chapter 1. Expecting the Unexpected: Health Information Technology and Medical Professionalism by David Blumenthal Chapter 2. Quality Regulation in the Information Age: Challenges for Medical Professionalism by Kristin Madison and Mark Hall Chapter 3. The "Information Rx" by Nancy Tomes Chapter 4. When New is Old: Professional Medical Liability in the Information Age by Sara Rosenbaum and Michael W. Painter Chapter 5. Patient Data: Professionalism, Property, and Policy by Marc A. Rodwin Chapter 6. Impact of Information Technology on Organ Donation: Private Values in a Public World by Sheila M. Rothman, Natassia M. Rozario, and David J. Rothman Chapter 7. Changing the Rules: The Impact of Information Technology on Contemporary Maternity Practice by Eugene Declercq Chapter 8. A Profession of IT's Own: The Rise of Health Information Professionals in American Health Care by Mark C. Suchman and Matthew Dimick Notes About the Contributors Index...
