Concentrating on the hospital and its variants, a panel of eminent academics and practitioners explores the major transformations that technological innovations have brought to the worldwide delivery of health care. This book spans a diversity of countries and health-care delivery systems but focuses primarily on the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Australia.

Doctors and hospitals have long resisted joining the digital revolution, said "The Wall Street Journal "(June 10, 2002.) Now they have no choice. Concentrating on the hospital and its variants, a panel of eminent academics and...