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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Information Systems, Medical Records & Technology Books > Digital Medicine: Health Care in the Internet Era Digital Medicine: Health Care
in the Internet Era, 2nd Edition Softcover:
183 pages
Kindle Edition, E-book:
183 pages
Digital Medicine investigates the factors limiting the ability of digital technology to remake health care in the United States and around the world.
What political, social, and ethical challenges are presented by online health care? How are racial, ethnic, and other disparities limiting the e-health revolution? How accessible are health-related Internet websites to the disabled, those at basic or below basic levels of literacy, or with limited English proficiency? Are there differences between websites sponsored by public, private and nonprofit organizations that limit technology utilization?
How can we close the disparity gap and deal with conflicts of interest that contribute to distrust in the information presented?
Information technology has dramatically changed the way we live our lives in areas ranging from commerce and entertainment to voting. Now, policy advocates and government officials hope to bring the benefits of information technology to health care. Governments, hospitals, doctors, and pharmaceutical manufacturers have placed a tremendous amount of medical information, data, and services online in recent years. Many consumers can visit health department sites and compare performance data on health care providers. Some physicians encourage patients to use e-mail or web messaging as opposed to phone calls or in-office visits for simple medical issues. Increasingly, medical equipment and prescription drug manufacturers are making their products available online.
Yet despite this growth in activity, the promise of e-health remains largely unfulfilled.
Darrell West and Edward Miller analyze
multiple data sources, including original survey research and
website analysis, to study the content of health care-related
websites, sponsorship status, public usage, and the relationship
between e-health utilization and attitudes about health care in
America. They also analyze the different ways in which officials in
other countries have implemented health information technology. By
drawing on these experiences, Digital Medicine helps us understand
health care information innovation in a variety of political,
social, and economic settings. Darrell M. West is vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is author of fifteen books, including Digital Government: Technology and Public Sector Performance (Princeton, 2005), Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), and Air Wars: Television Advertising in Election Campaigns, 1952- 2008 (CQ Press, 2009).
Edward Alan Miller is an associate professor of gerontology and public policy at the University of Massachusetts- Boston and adjunct associate professor of public policy and community health at Brown University. A former Fulbright scholar and social policy analyst at the Congressional Research Service, he is the author of more than 80 journal articles, book chapters, and reports. You may also be interested in The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore |
