Next-Gen Medicine

Flourishing as a Digital Doctor
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-28937-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

This book is a practical guide for medical students, residents, and early-career physicians navigating today’s tech-driven healthcare landscape. As emergency physicians and media contributors, the authors bridge clinical training with modern practice demands. This engaging book covers evaluating emerging technologies, building healthy digital presence, setting boundaries, and avoiding burnout while staying grounded in human-centered care. Blending real-world stories with actionable strategies, it offers frameworks for integrating AI, social platforms, and productivity apps sustainably and ethically, topics that are often overlooked in formal medical education.

KEY FEATURES:

- Provides actionable frameworks, real-world storytelling, and sustainable strategies for thoughtfully engaging with digital tools

- Tackles the urgent need for digital literacy among healthcare professionals as medicine rapidly evolves with AI, social media, and shifting patient expectations, covering essential topics like digital professionalism, tech evaluation, and media engagement

- Proves to be a practical and relatable resource for early-career physicians navigating modern healthcare’s technological landscape

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Durrani, Owais

Glatter, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 — The Augmented Physician How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the Identity and Role of the Modern Clinician

Chapter 2 — AI in the Clinical Exam Room Transforming the Patient Encounter in the Age of Intelligent Medicine

Chapter 3 — Workflow, Burnout, and the Invisible Work of Care Automation, Cognitive Load, and Redesigning Medicine Around Human Limits

Chapter 4 — Ethics, Bias, and Algorithmic Justice Navigating Fairness, Accountability, and Moral Responsibility in Clinical AI

Chapter 5 — Safety, Accountability, and Regulation Responsibility, Validation, and Oversight in the Age of Clinical Artificial Intelligence

Chapter 6 — Reimagining Medical Education and Training How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining What Physicians Must Know in the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 7 — New Competencies for the Digital Doctor Data Literacy, Algorithmic Judgment, Prompt Design, and Human–AI Collaboration in Modern Clinical Practice

Chapter 8 — Digital Bedside Manner and Patient Trust Preserving the Human Connection in a Technology-Driven Clinical Environment

Chapter 9 — Personalized, Data-Rich, and Population-Level Care Artificial Intelligence, Genomics, Wearables, and the Future of Precision Health

Chapter 10 — Physicians as Designers and Stewards of AI Leadership, Governance, and the Clinician's Role in Shaping Responsible Technology

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Owais Durrani is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and on-air medical analyst based in Houston, Texas, who has spent his career translating the frontlines of medicine for the public. He serves as Chief Medical Officer of Lapsi Health, the company behind the Keikku clinical AI platform, working at the leading edge of how artificial intelligence is built, validated, and brought to the bedside.

He holds a Stanford artificial intelligence certification and sits on the AI Council at Memorial Hermann Hospital. An Emmy-nominated broadcaster, he hosts STEM City on KPRC NBC Houston and is a regular medical contributor for CNN, MSNOW, and the BBC, bringing a frontline clinical perspective to breaking health news and public health policy.

His interests include clinical artificial intelligence and decision support, public health communication, digital health, regulatory reform, and health equity, with a particular focus on extending quality care to rural and underserved communities. A University of Texas alumnus, Dr. Durrani maintains a multi-state medical license portfolio spanning more than three dozen jurisdictions and is a longtime advocate for science communication and the responsible integration of technology into patient care.

Dr. Robert Glatter is an emergency medicine physician based in New York City, known for his expertise in acute care for over 25 years. He is on staff at Lenox Hill Hospital and maintains an appointment as assis tant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. His interests include a focus on artificial intelligence, traumatic brain injury, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, space medicine, toxicology, infectious disease, nutrition, obesity medicine, along with innovative medical technologies. He previously served on the board of directors of CaringKind, a longstanding organization providing care to patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. A frequent contributor to Healio, Forbes, Medpage Today, Medscape, Time Magazine, MS Now, NBC, HealthLine, and other outlets, he writes about health, wellness, and medical breakthroughs, drawing from over two decades of clinical experience. Dr. Glatter is also an advocate for patient safety and healthcare policy reform.

Dr. Glatter also holds a 2025 certificate in Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare from Harvard Medical School—AI in Healthcare: From Strategies to Implementation. He successfully completed a capstone project demonstrating efficacy and a high degree of certainty in how a Large Language Model (LLM) could be trained to detect a rare cardiac condition known as Brugada Syndrome.

Dr. Glatter was also recently selected by Dr. Syra Madad, an internationally renowned epidemiologist in special pathogens, bioprepared ness, incident response and biosecurity to become a contributing author to Critical Health Voices, a platform focused on amplifying the perspectives and expertise of physicians and researchers across healthcare and public health. He plans to foster solutions to complex health problems, including early detection of emerging pathogens, using AI to deliver new technologies and solutions to underserved regions of the world.

He was also recently recruited to become a member of the Climate Health Society, an organization advocating for science, research, and policy reform related to climate change. Dr. Glatter’s expertise will be utilized to make tangible changes across multiple sectors that require innovative approaches, including the use of AI to reshape our approach to ongoing climate change.