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Medical Professionalism in the New Information Age

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Edited and with an Introduction by David J. Rothman and David Blumenthal
2010
Published by: Rutgers University Press
Series: Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
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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.

Table of Contents

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Contents

pp. v-

Acknowledgments

pp. vii-

Abbreviations

pp. ix-x

Introduction

pp. 1-7

Chapter 1. Expecting the Unexpected: Health Information Technology and Medical Professionalism

pp. 8-22

Chapter 2. Quality Regulation in the Information Age: Challenges for Medical Professionalism

pp. 23-39

Chapter 3. The “Information Rx”

pp. 40-65

Chapter 4. When New Is Old: Professional Medical Liability in the Information Age

pp. 66-80

Chapter 5. Patient Data: Professionalism, Property, and Policy

pp. 81-99

Chapter 6. The Impact of Information Technology on Organ Donation: Private Values in a Public World

pp. 100-115

Chapter 7. Changing the Rules: The Impact of Information Technology on Contemporary Maternity Practice

pp. 116-131

Chapter 8. A Profession of IT’s Own: The Rise of Health Information Professionals in American Health Care

pp. 132-174

Notes

pp. 175-208

About the Contributors

pp. 209-212

Index

pp. 213- 224
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