Healthcare's Digital Revolution: (Finally) A Time for Optimism

January 12, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

 

Pitt Department of Medicine Grand Rounds Leaders in Medicine Series

Title: Healthcare's Digital Revolution: (Finally) A Time for Optimism

Speaker: Bob Wachter, MD

Watch Livehttps://bcove.video/2SM14YI

Description: Following a brief COVID-19 update, join us for a Grand Rounds Leaders in Medicine Series, as we’re thrilled to welcome Bob Wachter, MD, Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco(UCSF), widely considered the father of hospitalist medicine and, indeed, coined the phrase “hospitalist.”  Dr. Wachter will discuss healthcare’s digital revolution, why healthcare has gone digital, and the initial decrease in productivity that accompanied digitalization, also known as the productivity paradox. How can tech can help us “reimagine the work”?  Join us and find out!

For more information on Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, see https://dom.pitt.edu/grandrounds/