The Medicine & Health Care Industry category has 225 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 424 ratings. The most-rated is Lies My Doctor Told Me.
The E-Factor
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Healthcare must provide higher quality care at a lower cost. Studer Group's Engagement Model is the key. If you're seeking to create a culture of high engagement, you're not alone. Great clinical quality depends on it. Price pressures demand it. Where engagement doesn't exist, all stakeholders suffer. By making engagement a core competency, you can reduce turnover, prevent physician burnout, improve clinical outcomes, and solidify trust in caregivers. Craig Deao has created a unique and progressive four-pronged model to help organizations solve the costly repercussions of disengagement. In The E-Factor, he shows how engagement cascades from the top: It starts with leaders, flows down to employees and clinicians, and finally reaches (and activates) patients. He then lays out a step-by-step strategy for engaging all four groups simultaneously. Listeners will learn: Why engagement and satisfaction are not synonyms How to employ a wealth of rigorously tested evidence-based tools and tactics that boost engagement Critical lessons from companies in other industries that excel at engagement (including new healthcare competitors!) and how to apply them How to leverage technology and organizational design for a powerful patient-centric approach A high-engagement culture is no longer optional. It's mandatory - and urgent. This book is a needed roadmap to help you navigate the rapidly shifting dynamics and market forces that are reshaping our industry.
©2017 Studer Group, LLC (P)2017 Studer Group, LLC
The Political Determinants of Health
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Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health-care options - these are now realities for most Americans. However, in a country of more than 325 million people, addressing everyone's issues is challenging. How can we effect beneficial change for everyone so we all can thrive? What is the great equalizer? In this book, Daniel E. Dawes argues that political determinants of health create the social drivers - including poor environmental conditions, inadequate transportation, unsafe neighborhoods, and lack of healthy food options - that affect all other dynamics of health. By understanding these determinants, their origins, and their impact on the equitable distribution of opportunities and resources, we will be better equipped to develop and implement actionable solutions to close the health gap. Dawes draws on his firsthand experience helping to shape major federal policies, including the Affordable Care Act, to describe the history of efforts to address the political determinants that have resulted in health inequities. Taking us further upstream to the underlying source of the causes of inequities, Dawes examines the political decisions that lead to our social conditions, makes the social determinants of health more accessible, and provides a playbook for how we can address them effectively.
©2020 Johns Hopkins University Press (P)2020 Tantor
Storytelling as a Therapy Tool
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Use the ancient practice of storytelling to help your clients heal from trauma and abuse. Are you a therapist, counselor, or someone healing from trauma and abuse? Are you searching for a tool that can facilitate healing in an easy yet profound way? Are you looking for something that will take your group therapy participants to a deeper, life-changing level? Storytelling is a practice used by counselors in prisons and many other settings to help people heal from trauma and abuse. It is a powerful tool that has been used since the beginning of time to help people make sense of their world, especially the hard parts, and it can be added to traditional or non-traditional therapy to facilitate healing. In Storytelling as a Therapy Tool, Heidi Henyon - who uses storytelling and other complementary practices with her coaching clients and traditional therapists - will teach you: How to help your group honor who they are and see and acknowledge themselves fully To help clients or yourself tell the stories that release painful feelings Why storytelling is such a powerful tool How to create groups where you or your clients can safely tell their stories To use stories to create a delightful future As you come to understand this simple process, you will be amazed at how you can transform your path and create joy.
©2021 Heidi Henyon (P)2021 Heidi Henyon
Study Guide: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as ethics in scientific research, informed consent, and racism in medicine. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a work of nonfiction about a woman who died tragically young and whose cells were taken from her body without her consent. These cells became the first human cells to survive in a culture, where they thrived, multiplied, and helped produce major scientific breakthroughs. Skloot's text intertwines a personal family story with an exploration of science, ethics, and racism. This audio study guide presents the same expert content — written by experienced teachers, professors, and literary scholars — in an easy-to-access audio format. SuperSummary study guides demonstrate an authoritative voice, present expert analysis, offer big picture ideas, and help listeners understand a work’s underlying meanings and conclusions.
©2020 SuperSummary (P)2020 SuperSummary
The Deadly Dinner Party and Other Medical Detective Stories
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Picking up where Berton Roueche's The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents 15 edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, MD, shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers. In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. Written for the lay person who wishes to better grasp how doctors decipher the myriad clues and puzzling symptoms they often encounter, each story presents a very different case where doctors must work to find the accurate diagnosis before it is too late. Edlow uses his unique ability to relate complex medical concepts in a writing style that is clear, engaging and easily understandable. The resulting stories both entertain us and teach us much about medicine, its history and the subtle interactions among pathogens, humans, and the environment.
©2009 Jonathan Edlow, MD (P)2020 Tantor
Memorizing Pharmacology Questions, Answers, and Rationales, Book 2
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Pharmacology for busy people With triplet eight-year-old daughters, I don’t get four-hour study blocks in a quiet corner of the library. I get an hour here or 15 minutes there. This book is for those commuters, busy parents, and working students who need a “fit it in” approach to studying pharmacology. This book has multiple rapid-fire questions, answers, rationales, and mnemonics that you can do alone or with a partner to help you understand pharmacology better and remember the content longer. These include: Multiple choice questions with rationales - I include essential mnemonics and background information Prefixes, suffixes, and infixes matching - these are the key to learning many hundreds of drug classifications Sorting series section - here you make sense out of drug classes better picturing their relationships One-line cases - these cases come in pairs so you can work with a partner Short essay prompts - it’s nice to know how the professor might answer a question A special bonus chapter preview from the book Memorizing Pharmacology Mnemonics But let’s talk about the most pressing issue that keeps you from succeeding - energy.
©2019 Tony Guerra (P)2019 Tony Guerra
How Do I Become a Nurse?
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The dynamic nursing field now has over 200 sub-specialties, and is adding more daily. Which one will you choose? It’s not easy to decide on a niche to settle in for the long-term, especially when you factor in your evolving self and the breakneck pace of change in the health care landscape. But if done right, the promise of specialization is a nursing career with a healthy salary, plentiful job openings, and greater job satisfaction. A career as a nurse is both smart and rewarding. Nurses provide essential care and make a real impact in the lives of patients. The satisfaction that nurses take from their work is greater than most professionals can claim. Plus, a career as a nurse promises expanding opportunities and competitive compensation no matter where you are located. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for registered nurses is expected to grow over twice the national average for all other careers during the next decade. Over here in this book, find out the pros and cons before making a lifelong decision to embark on your new path and journey of becoming a registered nurse.
©2019 Themeworks Publishing (P)2019 Themeworks Publishing
Memorizing Pharmacology
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This is an ideal pharmacology book for busy people. With triplet eight-year-old daughters, I don’t get four-hour study blocks in a quiet corner of the library. I get an hour here or 15 minutes there. This audiobook is for those commuters, busy parents, and working students who need a “fit-it-in” approach to study pharmacology. This book has multiple rapid-fire questions, answers, rationales, and mnemonics that you can do alone or with a partner to help you understand pharmacology better and remember the content longer. These include: Multiple choice questions with rationales - I include essential mnemonics and background information Prefixes, suffixes, and infixes matching - These are the key to learning many hundreds of drug classifications Sorting series section - Here, you make sense out of drug classes by better picturing their relationships One-line cases - These cases come in pairs, so you can work with a partner Short essay prompts - It’s nice to know how the professor might answer a question A special bonus chapter preview from the book Memorizing Pharmacology Mnemonics
©2019 Tony Guerra (P)2019 Tony Guerra
Brutes or Angels
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A guide to the rapidly progressing Age of Biotechnology, Brutes or Angels provides basic information on a wide array of new technologies in the life sciences, along with the ethical issues raised by each. With stem cell research, Dolly the cloned sheep, in vitro fertilization, age retardation, and pharmaceutical mind enhancement, humankind is now faced with decisions that it has never before had to consider. The thoughtfulness, or lack of it, that we bring to those decisions will largely determine the future character of the living world. Brutes or Angels will facilitate informed choice making about the personal use of biotechnologies and the formulation of public policies governing their development and use. Ten biotechnologies that impact humans are considered: stem cell research, embryo selection, human genomics, gene therapies, human reproductive cloning, age retardation, cognition enhancement, the engineering of nonhuman organisms, nanobiology, and synthetic biology. James T. Bradley introduces important biological principles and the basic procedures used in biotechnology. Various ethical issues - personhood, personal identity, privacy, ethnic discrimination, distributive justice, authenticity and human nature, and the significance of mortality in the human life cycle - are presented in a clear and unbiased manner.
©2013 The University of Alabama Press (P)2016 Redwood Audiobooks
Hope After Stroke for Caregivers and Survivors
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Listeners are calling Hope After Stroke, "The Stroke Bible" a must-have book that should be in every hospital and rehab facility for stroke survivors and their cargivers. Hope After Stroke is like having a personal therapist at your side, simplifying the medical jargon, answering your questions, guiding and empowering you each step of the way. You’ll discover practical tools and strategies you can use in the hospital, when you come home, and upon re-entering your community and workplace. This easy-to-follow, evidence-based resource guide puts all the most important information in one place. It will help you understand what to expect, what to look out for, and what "stroke thrivers" do to recover. Written in conversational language, you'll discover how to: Find the best rehabilitative services and effectively communicate with insurance providers, doctors and therapists to maximize recovery. Implement simple routines to prevent caregiver burnout. Communicate more easily and effectively even when aphasia is present. Improve sleep and reduce or eliminate anxiety without the use of medication. Ask candid questions about sex and seek resources for sexual issues post stroke. Get answers about disability, driving and returning to work. Reduce your risk of a recurrent stroke and much, much more! If you want to feel hopeful, knowledgeable, and empowered in the process of recovery then buy Hope After Stroke for Caregivers and Survivors: The Holistic Guide to Getting Your Life Back. Scroll to the top and click the “Buy Now” button.
©2018 Tsgoyna Tanzman (P)2019 Tsgoyna Tanzman
Now With You, Now Without
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In the final months of her husband's terminal illness, Kathryn Leigh Scott was determined to make the most of every precious minute they had left. Despite Geoff's debilitating condition and the difficulties of caregiving, the couple decided to travel the world. Anticipating new horizons and experiences was not only an embraceable antidote - it was the very heart of Kathryn's mantra: "If not now, when?" When the time came to face Geoff's inevitable passing, the voyage she had begun with the man she loved did not end. Kathryn continued on across the globe. Through grief, guilt, and coming to terms, their shared adventure evolved into an exhilarating journey to find the way back to herself. A celebration of life, of coping with death, of cherishing memories, and of finding the courage to move forward, Kathryn's personal story is for anyone who has ever suffered a loss. It's an inspirational reminder - for yourself and those you love - not to waste the moments you have, here and now.
©2017 Kathryn Leigh Scott (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing Inc., all rights reserved
Vitamin K
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Learn everything you need to know about Vitamin K! Read on your PC, Mac, smartphone, tablet or Kindle device! In Vitamin K: The Ultimate Guide to What It Is, Where to Find It, Core Benefits, and Why You Need It, you'll learn the various health benefits and powers of Vitamin K. Have you ever wondered why your mother always told you leafy green vegetables were healthy? Well one of the reasons is because of the power of Vitamin K in your every day life. Read on to learn about this fat soluble vitamin that can improve your overall health. Here is a preview of what is inside this book: How is Vitamin K Absorbed How Much Vitamin K Do We Need? Benefits of Vitamin K Research Studies on Vitamin K What are the Consequences of Vitamin K Deficiency? How to Detect Vitamin K Deficiency? Symptoms of K Deficiency Dangers of K Deficiency with Your Body Research Studies on Character Traits of Vitamin K Deficiency How to Treat K Deficiency? Where to Find K? Best Natural Foods with Vitamin K Supplements Available
©2014 Clayton Geoffreys (P)2014 Clayton Geoffreys
Medical Terminology, Pharmacology
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If you want to boost your understanding of medicine and pharmacology, listen here! Are you a medical student who’s struggling with complicated terminology? Do you need help with pharmacology, the study of drugs? Or are you just an enthusiast who wants to understand medical texts like a pro? This two-audiobook bundle is exactly what you need! If you’re sitting over a medical textbook until you get obdormition in your legs and borborygmi in your stomach…but still can’t understand every term, you’re not alone. Medical terminology is almost like a language of its own, a strange mixture of Latin, Greek, and a bunch of other languages (for example, the medical term for hangover actually comes from a Norwegian root…. Who’d know?) However, you don’t have to suffer! There’s an underlying system behind those terrifying words, and this amazing audiobook by Dexter Lendsteiner explains it in great detail. Once you’ve understood this system, medical jargon will become as easy as everyday English! However, there’s one science that’s very challenging even if you’re exceptionally good at terminology. It’s pharmacology, or the study of drugs and their effects on the body. It’s very complex and requires a deep understanding of biology and chemistry, and sometimes your medical textbook just doesn’t explain everything. The second audiobook in this unique bundle will help you master the fundamentals of pharmacology and lay a solid foundation for more advanced knowledge. Here’s what you’ll learn from these audiobooks: How medical terms are created The meanings of all the prefixes, roots, and suffixes that make up medical terms Expert-approved memorization strategies for complex medical terminology Everything you need to know about drugs and their effects on the human body And much more! Don’t hesitate to enjoy these audiobooks even if you’re not a medical student! Medical knowledge is very empowering. You’ll have better conversations with your doctor and have a deeper understanding of your treatment options when you’re sick. Mastery of medical terminology and pharmacology is just a click away. Scroll up, click on "Buy Now", and get your copy now!
©2020 Dexter Lendsteiner (P)2020 Dexter Lendsteiner
Health Disparities in the United States (Third Edition)
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The health-care system in the United States has been called the best in the world. Yet wide disparities persist between social groups, and many Americans suffer from poorer health than people in other developed countries. In this revised edition of Health Disparities in the United States, Donald A. Barr provides extensive new data about the ways low socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity interact to create and perpetuate these health disparities. Examining the significance of this gulf for the medical community and society at large, Barr offers potential policy- and physician-based solutions for reducing health inequity in the long term. This updated edition focuses on a new challenge the United States last experienced more than half a century ago: successive years of declining life expectancy. Barr addresses the causes of this decline, including what are commonly referred to as "deaths of despair" - from opiate overdose or suicide. He also analyzes recent changes under the Affordable Care Act and considers the literature on how race and ethnicity affect the way health-care providers evaluate and treat patients. An essential work for courses in public health, health policy, and sociology, this compelling book is a vital teaching tool and a comprehensive reference for social science and medical professionals.
©2008, 2014, 2019 Johns Hopkins University Press (P)2020 Tantor
Cannabis for Dummies
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Pot is hot-for good reason. To date, thirty states have legalized medical marijuana to the tune of nearly $11B in consumer spending. Whether it's to help alleviate symptoms of an illness or for adults to use recreationally, more people every day are turning to marijuana. Cannabis for Dummies presents the science behind the use of this amazingly therapeutic plant. In this book, you'll find the hands-on knowledge and education you need to make an informed decision about your cannabis purchase, as a patient and a consumer. Decide for yourself if marijuana is right for you Manage aches and pains Gain insight on the effects and possible symptom relief Enjoy both sweet and savory edibles Navigate the legal requirements
©2019 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (P)2020 Tantor
Atkins Diet
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"Controlling carbs works in virtually every situation, when you're having dinner with the family or hosting a dinner party, when you're in a hurry or spending the day creating delicacies in your kitchen. If you like to take shortcuts or you enjoy starting from scratch, if you mostly tinker in the kitchen on the weekends or cook every day, here are the recipes that suit your lifestyle." - Veronica Atkins The Atkins diet, a popular low- or modified-carb diet that’s high in fats and proteins but low in things like sugar, fruit, grains, and many processed foods, has been around for more than 40 years. Various books about the Atkins diet are some of the best-selling in the diet category, with more than 45 million sold worldwide. The Atkins diet was created by an American cardiologist named Dr. Robert Atkins who believed that eating a low-carb diet that focuses on foods like meat, veggies, cheese, and butter could help many struggling with weight gain to quickly shed extra fat. You’ll learn what the Atkins diet is, how it works, the different phases of the diet, what to eat in each phase, and also some alternatives to consider based on potential dangers involved. Keep in mind that while low-carb diets have certainly been shown to help promote weight loss and in some cases other health benefits, overall there is only weak evidence supporting its effectiveness as a sustainable, long-term diet plan to lose weight. As I share several alternatives to the Atkins diet, I detail my personal recommendation for how to lose weight in a healthy manner - plus, most importantly, how to keep it off! Ideally, you’ll formulate your own healing diet that combines the effectiveness of an unprocessed, moderately low-carb diet plan with other lifestyle changes (including getting regular exercise and reducing stress). With this approach, you can lose weight effortlessly and feel better overall.
©2018 Emily Mayr (P)2018 saksham sharma
Medical Terminology
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This simple technique will make you master medical terminology in no time. Why sneeze if you can sternutate instead? Why have bowel sounds if you can have borborygmi? Why have ice-cream headache if sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia sounds so much better? Even if you’re not a medical student, you should still have a decent understanding of medical terminology. After all, sometimes you have to google some medical topics or understand what your doctor is telling you. If you are a medical student, well, you won’t graduate without knowing that the main muscle responsible for moving your big toe is called flexor hallucis longus. Yes, this is important knowledge. It’s time to put an end to the stereotype that medical terminology is learned by bluntly memorizing weird combinations of letters. There’s a system behind all of these terms. Most medical terminology was developed in times when Latin was the international language of science, and quite a lot of terms come from Greek too. Fortunately, you don’t have to master the entirety of Greek and Latin vocabulary and grammar to understand medical terminology - in fact, most of those fancy words are created using a clear-cut set of rules (for example, if a word ends with -itis, it means some type of inflammation). And this audiobook will show you exactly how these rules work. Here’s what you’ll learn: How to pronounce Latin and Greek terms and build their plural forms Proven tips and techniques to help you understand and learn medical terms A comprehensive list of the suffixes, prefixes, and roots used to create medical terms The meaning of all the abbreviations that patients find on their prescriptions And much more! This audiobook will greatly boost your confidence, no matter if you’re a patient or a medical professional. You’ll be able to understand advanced medical texts and communicate in a very clear and precise way. Activate your extensor digitorum (the muscle that extends your fingers) and then get your audiobook now!
©2019 Dexter Landsteiner (P)2020 Dexter Landsteiner
American Psychosis
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In 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech on mental illness and retardation. He described sweeping new programs to replace "the shabby treatment of the many millions of the mentally disabled in custodial institutions" with treatment in community mental health centers. This movement, later referred to as "deinstitutionalization," continues to impact mental health care. Though he never publicly acknowledged it, the program was a tribute to Kennedy's sister Rosemary, who was born mildly retarded and developed a schizophrenia-like illness. Terrified she'd become pregnant, Joseph Kennedy arranged for his daughter to receive a lobotomy, which was a disaster and left her severely retarded. Fifty years after Kennedy's speech, E. Fuller Torrey's audiobook provides an inside perspective on the birth of the federal mental health program. On staff at the National Institute of Mental Health when the program was being developed and implemented, Torrey draws on his own first-hand account of the creation and launch of the program, extensive research, one-on-one interviews with people involved, and recently unearthed audiotapes of interviews with major figures involved in the legislation. As such, this book provides historical material previously unavailable to the public. Many now wonder why public mental illness services are so ineffective. At least one-third of the homeless are seriously mentally ill, jails and prisons are grossly overcrowded, largely because the seriously mentally ill constitute 20 percent of prisoners, and public facilities are overrun by untreated individuals. As Torrey argues, it is imperative to understand how we got here in order to move forward towards providing better care for the most vulnerable.
©2014 E. Fuller Torrey (P)2014 Audible Inc.
The Big Book on the Gastric Bypass
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The Roux-nn-Y gastric bypass surgery, or RNY, can be your weight loss solution after years of struggling with obesity. Thousands of patients have successfully lost weight and kept it off after RNY, which is the most well-known kind of bariatric surgery. Weight loss surgery is life-changing, and the best information can help you succeed. The Big Book on the Gastric Bypass: Everything You Need to Know to Lose Weight and Live Well with the Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery provides the information and tips you need to make the most out of this chance to overcome obesity forever. How is the RNY procedure performed? How can it help you lose weight? Is the gastric bypass surgery your best option for weight loss? What should you look for when choosing a surgeon? What will your diet be like? How can you reduce complications and side effects? This book is for you if you are just starting to consider weight loss surgery, if you know you want the RNY in particular, or if you are already a gastric bypass patient. The book is a great gift option and also a great choice if you are supporting a gastric bypass patient. Learn all about: Average weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RNY) Choosing a surgeon and paying for surgery Safely preparing for and recovering from surgery All about the RNY diet for weight loss and health Health benefits and risks of the gastric bypass Embracing life as a RNY patient This complete guide covers the entire RNY journey - don't be left behind!
©2013 Alex Brecher (P)2015 Alex Brecher
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
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About the book - Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Do you want to know the relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and healthcare and how AI is improving healthcare? Technology is evolving rapidly, and you need to keep up to stay at the top.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing all aspects of healthcare, and this book is intended to be your companion on this journey. It’s a power-packed AI book that guides you about the current state and future applications of AI in healthcare, including those under development, in simple to understand language. It discusses the ethical concerns related to the use of AI in healthcare, principles of AI and how it works, the vital role of AI in all major medical specialties and health insurance, and the role of start-ups and corporate players in AI in healthcare.
About the Author - Dr. Parag Suresh Mahajan, MD
Dr. Parag Mahajan is an accomplished entrepreneurial CEO of multiple healthcare start-ups, radiologist, clinical informatician, teacher, researcher and author. His current interests include the development of start-ups in the fields of artificial intelligence in healthcare, blockchain in healthcare, electronic health records and medical elearning systems.
©2019 Dr Parag Suresh Mahajan MD (P)2019 Dr Parag Suresh Mahajan MD