The Digital Doctor

Modern medicine offers miracles, yet its care is often unsafe, unreliable, and expensive. While technology was touted as the cure, healthcare's recent digitization, spurred by billions in federal incentives, has created new, unforeseen problems. In *The Digital Doctor*, New York Times Science Bestseller author and leading physician-executive Robert Wachter investigates why doctors now lose eye contact with patients, how advanced systems still lead to errors, and why electronic health records deter recruitment. He argues these issues stem not just from clunky software, but from technology's fundamental reshaping of medical work, human relationships, and patient care itself. Combining compelling stories with insightful analysis, Wachter offers a compassionate yet critical examination of medicine's computer age and provides a hopeful, practical prescription for getting it right. Essential reading for patients and providers alike.

Archival Categorization Notes

This literature has been indexed under the primary pillar of Technology. It was manually vetted for the Read For Truth database because it provides educational insights into Applied Technology, assisting researchers in locating established secondary research within this specific taxonomy.