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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Piecing Together American Health Care
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DESCRIPTION:Award-winning physician and author\, Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz\, di
 scusses how pervasive cracks in the health care system cost us time\, ener
 gy\, and lives\, and how we can fix them. .\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.inf
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>There&rsquo\;s an unspoken assumption when
  you go to see a doctor: the doctor knows your medical story and is making
  decisions based on that story. But the reality frequently falls short. Me
 dical records vanish when we switch doctors. Critical details of life-savi
 ng treatment plans get lost in muddled electronic charts. The doctors we s
 ee change according to specialty\, hospital shifts\, or an insurer&rsquo\;
 s whims.</p>\n<p>Stanford physician Ilana Yurkiewicz calls this fragmentat
 ion\, and\, in her new book\, <em>Fragmented: A Doctor&rsquo\;s Quest to P
 iece Together American Health Care</em>\, she reveals\, it&rsquo\;s the ce
 ntral failure of health care today. In this gripping narrative from medici
 ne&rsquo\;s front lines\, she shows how a system that doesn&rsquo\;t talk 
 to itself forces doctors\, patients\, and their loved ones to go to heroic
  lengths to bridge the gaps. With lives at stake and little other choice\,
  we all do so\, but the system is hanging by a thread\, and we need better
  solutions. Radiantly humane\, empowering\, and ultimately hopeful\,&nbsp\
 ;Fragmented&nbsp\;is a prescription for what really needs fixing in modern
  medicine.</p>\n<p>Dr. Yurkiewicz is a primary care doctor with fellowship
  training and board certification in internal medicine\, oncology\, and he
 matology. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Primary Care and Popula
 tion Health in the Department of Medicine at Stanford University School of
  Medicine. Dr. Yurkiewicz&nbsp\;holds an&nbsp\;M.D. from Harvard Medical S
 chool and a B.S. from Yale University.</p>\n<p>Dr. Yurkiewicz is also an a
 ward-winning medical journalist whose work&nbsp\;has been published in&nbs
 p\;<em>The Atlantic\,&nbsp\;Scientific American\,&nbsp\;Undark\,&nbsp\;The
  Best American Science and Nature Writing</em>\, and elsewhere.&nbsp\;<em>
 Fragmented</em>&nbsp\;is her first book.</p>\n<p><strong>Registration is r
 equired. Registration closes at the start of the program. Please contact t
 he Customer Contact Center if in need of assistance accessing the program 
 at 770-978-5154.</strong></p>\n<p>*Presented by Adult Services</p>\nhttps:
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