Medical professionalism in the new information age

Medical professionalism in the new information age [E-Book] - New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (224 pages) - Critical issues in health and medicine . - Critical issues in health and medicine. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

9780813550367 081355036X

9786613383235

338323 MIL 22573/ctt4jxc0g JSTOR

101519442 DNLM


Medical informatics.
Medical policy.
Medicine--Practice.
Medicine--Data processing.
Medical Informatics--trends
Professional Practice--trends
Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics Applications
Health Policy


United States

2010 J-666 W 26.5 / M4899 2010
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