Fix IT, 1st Edition
See and solve the problems of digital healthcare
- Paperback
600 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2021
Summary
New technologies like AI, medical apps, and implants seem very exciting, but they too often have bugs and are susceptible to cyberattacks. Even well-established technologies like infusion pumps, pacemakers, and radiotherapy aren’t immune.
Until digital healthcare improves, digital risk means that patients may be harmed unnecessarily, and healthcare staff will continue to be blamed for problems when it’s not their fault.
This book tells stories of widespread problems with digit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198861270 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198861273 |
| Author: | Harold Thimbleby |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 600 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2021 |
| Weight: | 980g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 155mm x 28mm |
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This is an extraordinary book: a potent and engaging compendium of revelatory stories, bold insights, wise advice, and fresh thinking.
This is an extraordinary book: a potent and engaging compendium of revelatory stories, bold insights, wise advice, and fresh thinking. * Daniel Jackson (Professor of Computer Science, MIT) *This is a brilliant and hugely enjoyable book which should be compulsory reading for anyone with high-level responsibility for patient care. * Martin Elliott (former Medical Director, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children) *
About The Author
Harold Thimbleby
Professor Harold Thimbleby
Professor Harold Thimbleby is the See Change Fellow in Digital Health at Swansea University, Wales. He holds significant advisory roles, including Expert Advisor on IT to the Royal College of Physicians, membership in the World Health Organization’s Patient Safety Network, and advisory positions with the Clinical Human Factors Group and the UK Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Although his primary academic discipline is computer science, Professor Thimbleby is recognized for his interdisciplinary contributions. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Edinburgh Royal College of Physicians, and the Royal Society of Arts. Additionally, he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.
His distinguished career includes being a Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder and a Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow. He also served as the 28th Gresham Professor of Geometry.
Professor Thimbleby’s accolades include the British Computer Society’s Wilkes Medal. His book, Press On: Principles of Interaction Programming (MIT Press), has received several international awards.
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