Technology and the Future of Health Care: Preparing for the Next 30 Years - Hardcover

"Does an excellent job of forewarning the industry of the changes that are coming." --Chris Winter, CyberLife Technology "A very comprehensive look at the future of health care and the implications of technological change. The book is a useful tool in assisting "outside the box" thinking for health care professionals." --Terence F. Moore, MidMichigan Health "Explains how technology will alter health care from top to bottom and from inside out...in a way that is very likely correct and maybe even, in the And, wonderful - if health care providers begin to adjust now. To prepare for the future, one cannot ignore the signs of things to come. As such, one should read this book - now." -- --James Clark, World Technology Network "David Ellis brings to this work all of the best personal assets honed from life experience - the scholarship of a natural academic, the rolled-sleeves approach of a successful businessman, the vision of a futurist, the perspective of a world citizen, the expertise of a confirmed techie, the subtlety of a spymaster, and the good humor of a British-pub regular. Combine that with writing that's clear and comfortable, and you've got a text that's well worth the read." -- --Pat Grauer, MA, Medical and Religious Writer "Tackles an important and fascinating topic - how can information technology change the shape of medical care over the next three decades....[The authors] give a sense of the pace of change in technology, and speculate on how this will be adopted to improve medical care and change the economics of the health industry." -- --Gill Ringland, ICL "A spirited and thought-provoking survey...Though the scope is imaginative, the analysis is acute and well judged...an essential and accessible guide to care in the next century." -- --David Howie, Oxford Nanotechnology "This book is absolutely right to take a clean sheet of paper and consider how things might be - for that is how they most certainly will be." -- --Alan Leibert, Card Europe "A good read, thoughtfully written, informative, and provocative! A must for anyone planning on working in health care in the Twenty-First Century." -- --Pamela Paul-Shaheen, Michigan Public Health Institute

An AHA Press/Jossey-Bass Resource Technology and the Future of Health Care brings together a remarkable group of health care visionaries who have identified and begun to analyze which trAnds and technological advances will likely shape and inform the next generation of medicine, From fundamental advances in computing and administration, research, nursing, and patient care delivery to noninvasive surgery, biomolecular therapies, bionics, and beyond, this ground-breaking book offers professional, executive-level insight into topics that until recently existed only in the realm of science fiction. With the help of this book, every health care leader can begin to plan and strategize how to guide his or her organization through the challenges and wonders the future will hold.