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Hey - I'm trying to get into health tech (EHR integrations, HL7, FHIR etc), do you have any additional "required reading" suggestions beyond Hacking Healthcare?

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One of the reasons Hacking Healthcare happened is the huge dearth of material for just this question, unfortunately I don't have anything else on that still. One absolutely timeless work not directly about technology but that is still very relevant is "The House of God". It is "fiction" but it is probably the most realistic depiction of the actual happenings at hospitals that exists and as a result something technologists can benefit from.

Hacking Healthcare (HC specific) and The DevOps Handbook (general) are the books I buy for everyone joining the team.

I recommend Eric Topol's books as well, including The Creative Destruction of Medicine and Deep Medicine. Lots of food for thought.

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