--- product_id: 40310939 title: "The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age" price: "109.67 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/40310939-the-digital-doctor-hope-hype-and-harm-at-the-dawn store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age **Price:** 109.67 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age - **How much does it cost?** 109.67 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/40310939-the-digital-doctor-hope-hype-and-harm-at-the-dawn) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The New York Times Science Bestseller from Robert Wachter, Modern Healthcare’s #1 Most Influential Physician-Executive in the US While modern medicine produces miracles, it also delivers care that is too often unsafe, unreliable, unsatisfying, and impossibly expensive. For the past few decades, technology has been touted as the cure for all of healthcare’s ills. But medicine stubbornly resisted computerization – until now. Over the past five years, thanks largely to billions of dollars in federal incentives, healthcare has finally gone digital. Yet once clinicians started using computers to actually deliver care, it dawned on them that something was deeply wrong. Why were doctors no longer making eye contact with their patients? How could one of America’s leading hospitals give a teenager a 39-fold overdose of a common antibiotic, despite a state-of-the-art computerized prescribing system? How could a recruiting ad for physicians tout the absence of an electronic medical record as a major selling point? Logically enough, we’ve pinned the problems on clunky software, flawed implementations, absurd regulations, and bad karma. It was all of those things, but it was also something far more complicated. And far more interesting . . . Written with a rare combination of compelling stories and hard-hitting analysis by one of the nation’s most thoughtful physicians, The Digital Doctor examines healthcare at the dawn of its computer age. It tackles the hard questions, from how technology is changing care at the bedside to whether government intervention has been useful or destructive. And it does so with clarity, insight, humor, and compassion. Ultimately, it is a hopeful story. "We need to recognize that computers in healthcare don’t simply replace my doctor’s scrawl with Helvetica 12," writes the author Dr. Robert Wachter. "Instead, they transform the work, the people who do it, and their relationships with each other and with patients. . . . Sure, we should have thought of this sooner. But it’s not too late to get it right." This riveting book offers the prescription for getting it right, making it essential reading for everyone – patient and provider alike – who cares about our healthcare system. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #186,384 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #36 in Medical Informatics (Books) #101 in Health Care Delivery (Books) #153 in Computers & Technology Industry | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 571 Reviews | ## Images ![The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71OHdw0o+ZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by D***R on December 9, 2016* ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by T***E on June 29, 2015* ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by A***R on May 30, 2015* ## Frequently Bought Together - The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age (BUSINESS BOOKS) - DEEP MEDICINE --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/40310939-the-digital-doctor-hope-hype-and-harm-at-the-dawn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/40310939-the-digital-doctor-hope-hype-and-harm-at-the-dawn) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-08-16*