The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age

Advance Praise for The Digital Doctor

“The Digital Doctor is the eye-opening, well-told, and frustrating story of how computerization is pulling medicine apart with only a vague promise of putting it back together again. I kept thinking, ‘Exactly!’ while reading it, and that is a measure of Wachter’s accomplishment in telling the tale. This is the real story of what it’s like to practice medicine in the midst of a painful, historic, and often dangerous transition.”

—Atul Gawandeauthor of Being Mortal and The Checklist Manifesto

“As scientific breakthroughs and information technology transform the practice of medicine, Bob Wachter is one of the few people with the insight, credibility, and investigative skills to go from the trenches to the observation ...