Medical Professionalism in the New Information Age

Herausgeber: Rothman, David J; Blumenthal, David

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780813548081
• ISBN-10: 081354808X
• Artikelnr.: 31202287

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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