The Digital Reconstruction of Healthcare: Transitioning from Brick and Mortar to Virtual Care

ISBN-13: 9780367555979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 150 str.

Paul Cerrato; John Halamka

Opis

The complex challenges facing healthcare are being met by the transitioning much patient care from hospitals, clinics, and offices to virtual settings. The digital reconstruction of medicine includes telemedicine, mobile apps, sensing devices, and other technologies. The book explores how these tools are meeting patient needs across the globe.

Spis treści

1. Is Digital Transformation Necessary?. 2. The Impact of Digital Health on COVID 19. 3. The Merits and Limitations of Telemedicine, Hospital at Home, and Remote Patient Monitoring. 4. Entering the Age of Big Data- and AI-Assisted Medicine. 5. The Machine Learning/AI Toolbox. 6. The Transformative Impact of Voice and Related Conversational Technologies. 7. Cybersecurity: Securing the Future of Digital Health. 8. How Will the Digital Reconstruction of Healthcare Play out across the Globe?

O autorze

Paul Cerrato, MA, is a senior research analyst at the Mayo Clinic. Hehas more than 30 years of experience working in healthcare as a medical journalist, research analyst, clinician, and educator. He has written extensively on clinical medicine, clinical decision support, electronic health records, protected health information security, and practice management. He has served as the Editor of InformationWeek Healthcare, Executive Editor of Contemporary OB/GYN, Senior Editor of RN Magazine, and contributing writer/editor for the Yale University School of Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, InformationWeek, Medscape, Healthcare Finance News, IMedicalapps.com, and MedpageToday. The Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has listed Mr. Cerrato as one of the most influential columnists in healthcare IT. He has served as a guest lecturer or faculty member at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Harvard Medical School, and Vermont College. Among his achievements are 6 editorial awards from the American Business Media—often referred to as the Pulitzer Prize of business journalism—and the Gold Award from the American Society of Healthcare Publications Editors for best signed editorial. John D. Halamka, MD, MS, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform, leads a portfolio of new digital platform businesses focused on transforming health by leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, and an ecosystem of partners for the Mayo Clinic. He is a practicing emergency medicine physician. Previously, Dr. Halamka was executive director of the Health Technology Exploration Center for Beth Israel Lahey Health in Massachusetts. Previously, he was chief information officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for more than 20 years. In addition, he was the International Healthcare Innovation Professor at Harvard Medical School. As the leader for innovation at the $7 billion Beth Israel Lahey Health, he oversaw digital health relationships with industry, academia, and government worldwide. As a Harvard Medical School professor, he served the George W. Bush administration, the Obama administration, and governments around the world planning their health care information (IT) strategies. In his role at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dr. Halamka was responsible for all clinical, financial, administrative, and academic IT.