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Dr. Robert Wachter, Author of the "The Digital Doctor"

From CHC Radio | Part of the Conversations on Health Care series | 29:59

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Robert Wachter, Associate Chair of the Department of Medicine at U.C. San Francisco. He is considered the founder of the "hospitalist" movement and is author of The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age which examines the challenges being experienced in the rapid transition to digital medicine.

Logo_small This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Robert Wachter, Associate Chair of the Department of Medicine at U.C. San Francisco. He is considered the founder of the "hospitalist" movement and is author of  The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age  which examines the challenges being experienced in the rapid transition to digital medicine.  Marianne O'Hare has the week's health care headlines. Lori Robertson, Managing Editor of FactCheck.org looks at claims about money Americans are saving due to the ACA. And Mark ends with a Bright Idea - Prenatal yoga and mindfulness program significantly reduces symptoms in pregnant women battling depression. 

Federation of American Hospitals CEO Chip Kahn Speculates On Health Industry Changes Under GOP Health Reform

From CHC Radio | Part of the Conversations on Health Care series | 29:59

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Chip Kahn, CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals which represents over a thousand of the nation's owner-operated hospitals. The long time health industry strategist speculates on changes to health coverage for millions of Americans under the GOP health reform bill, and what it might mean for the hospital industry and health care in this country.

Logo_small This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Chip Kahn, CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals which represents over a thousand of the nation's owner-operated hospitals. The long time health industry strategist speculates on changes to health coverage for millions of Americans under the GOP health reform bill, and what it might mean for the hospital industry and health care in this country. Marianne O'Hare has the week's health care headlines. Lori Robertson, Managing Editor of FactCheck.org looks at misstatements spoken about health policy in the public domain. And we end with a Bright Idea, former IBM exec and cancer survivor designs hospital gown for women undergoing cancer treatment. Janes (female version of the johnnie) open in the front, are made from a soft warm fabric and lend a degree of dignity for both women undergoing cancer treatments as well as new nursing mothers.