NHS Logo
Image from Google Jackets

Medical professionalism in the new information age [E-Book]

Contributor(s): Series: Critical issues in health and medicinePublication details: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (224 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813550367
  • 081355036X
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • 2010 J-666
  • W 26.5
Other classification:
  • XC 2100
Online resources:
Contents:
Expecting the unexpected : health information technology and medical professionalism / David Blumenthal -- Quality regulation in the information age : challenges for medical professionalism / Kristen Madison and Mark Hall -- The "information Rx" / Nancy Tomes -- When new is old : professional medical liability in the information age / Sara Rosenbaum and Michael W. Painter -- Patient data : professionalism, property, and policy / Marc Rodwin -- The impact of information technology on organ donation : private values in a public world / Sheila Rothman, Natassia Rozario, and David Rothman -- Changing the rules : the impact of information technology on contemporary maternity practice / Eugene Declercq -- A profession of IT's own : the rise of health information professionals in American healthcare / Mark C. Suchman and Matthew D. Dimick.
Summary: 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.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Home library Class number URL Status Date due Barcode
Electronic book Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Online Link to resource Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Print version record.

Expecting the unexpected : health information technology and medical professionalism / David Blumenthal -- Quality regulation in the information age : challenges for medical professionalism / Kristen Madison and Mark Hall -- The "information Rx" / Nancy Tomes -- When new is old : professional medical liability in the information age / Sara Rosenbaum and Michael W. Painter -- Patient data : professionalism, property, and policy / Marc Rodwin -- The impact of information technology on organ donation : private values in a public world / Sheila Rothman, Natassia Rozario, and David Rothman -- Changing the rules : the impact of information technology on contemporary maternity practice / Eugene Declercq -- A profession of IT's own : the rise of health information professionals in American healthcare / Mark C. Suchman and Matthew D. Dimick.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
London Health Libraries Consortium Privacy notice and Membership terms and conditions