In addition to his clinical positions, Dr. Wachter is also a New York Times best-selling author: His book, The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age, caught the eye of Secretary Hunt, who asked Dr. Wachter to lead the review.
“I wrote The Digital Doctor in the hope that it would generate an important conversation in the U.S. about how to get health information technology right,” said Dr. Wachter. “It’s exciting to be asked by the British Secretary of Health to think about the lessons from the American experience that might be relevant to England’s health care system.”
Dr. Wachter is now selecting committee members from the United States and the U.K., including policy leaders, IT leaders, clinicians and patients.
Over the next few months, Dr. Wachter expects to travel to England several times to conduct his review, and results are expected in June.
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