The Digitalization of Health Care: Electronic Records and the Disruption of Moral Orders

by Ian P McLoughlin, Karin Garrety, Rob Wilson

Electronic health records are widely regarded as the 'connective tissue' of any modern healthcare system. For some they represent a 'dangerous enthusiasm' and for others a key enabler of 'disruptive innovation'. Many governments have made major policy and financial investments in digitalizing health records but their implementation has frequently run into opposition from doctors, had lukewarm responses from patients, and raised considerable concerns...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198744137
• ISBN13: 9780198744139
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"