Wachter addresses IT's impact on relationships, safety
Patient safety expert Robert Wachter, MD, penned an op-ed in The New York Times lamenting the effect digitization is having on the practice of medicine. Despite the billions spent on health IT, patients and physicians are unhappy. That won't change, he says, until technoloyg becomes something healthcare can't live without.
Beth Walsh,
Editor
Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.