BOOK NEWS: DIGITAL HEALING: People, Information, and Healthcare by Marc Ringel, MD
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NEWS ABOUT AUTHORS AND BOOKS:
DIGITAL HEALING: People, Information, and Healthcare by Marc Ringel, MD,
A new book published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
June 27, 2018
"DIGITAL HEALING analyzes how to organize the work of healthcare in a way that uses machines to do what they do best, thereby freeing humans to do what we do best. Smart use of electronic technology is crucial to the success of any bid to make healthcare more efficient and also, more humane."
Dr. Ringel delivered a bi-weekly commentary on KUNC Radio, a public radio station in Colorado for 16 years (1995-2012). He has appeared on the radio program MARKETPLACE on American Public Media numerous times. He has written columns for newspapers including The Greeley Tribune(Colorado) and for the magazines Nexus and Health and Money.
SUGGESTED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:
- What makes you an expert in the subject of the intersection of healthcare and information technology?
- I thought the information revolution was supposed to make us happier. Why is it instead making so many doctors and other health professionals unhappy?
- Tell me about the disconnect between financial incentives and providing the healthcare that people really need and how that plays out in the realm of information technology.
- In a book about technology, why do you keep coming back to philosophy?
- Why write this book now?
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