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Myth 32. Information technology will improve efficiency and safety.
13 hours ago ago from AAPS News of the Day
A large part of the savings projected from “healthcare reform” is supposed to come from wider use of information technology. The federal government is expected to “invest” some $45 billion in encouraging (or compelling) doctors and hospitals to use electronic records systems. “Information is the lifeblood of modern medicine. Health information technology (HIT) is destined to be its circulatory system,” writes David Blumenthal, M.D., ...
Related contentMyth 33. Reducing geographic disparities will reduce spending without sacrificing quality.
13 hours ago ago from AAPS News of the Day
The cure for excessive U.S. medical spending, according to prominent academics as well as Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is called the “30% solution.” Its basis is the Dartmouth Atlas , produced by the Dartmouth Health Policy Group, whose leaders concluded that “if we sent 30% of the doctors in this country to Africa, we might raise the level of health on both continents.” The recently passed ...
Related contentOracle’s Marc Perlman: Five ways to strengthen healthcare IT in 2010
13 hours ago ago from ExecutiveBiz Blog
For Marc Perlman, it doesn’t get more exciting than this. “We are at an amazing point in our country,” says Perlman. “This is a unique time to make a difference and change the trajectory of the U.S. healthcare system,” he says. As global vice president of Oracle’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Business Unit, Perlman provides solutions across the healthcare ecosystem — to payers, providers, life sciences and biomedical organizations, ...
Related contentLP Hospital Auxiliary raises $72,572 for hospital, health system
8 hours ago ago from What's New LaPorte
Showing the check from the LaPorte Hospital Auxiliary are (from left) Marcia Morris (philanthropy chair), Jeanene Keene, LaPorte Hospital Foundation Executive Vice President/COO Maria Fruth, LRHS President/CEO G. Thor Thordarson, Lois Eversman, and Shirley Duerr. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) The LaPorte Hospital Auxiliary presented its annual philanthropic donations at a special celebration on Jan. 27, 2010, providing $72,572 to LaPorte ...
Related contentNPSF leads nationwide effort to strengthen partnerships between patients and healthcare providers
20 hours ago ago from Medical News Base
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) will kick off Patient Safety Awareness Week on March 7, 2010, in a concerted effort to raise awareness of patient safety initiatives, improve the quality of health care, and strengthen alliances between patients, families and their healthcare providers. . During the week, participating hospitals and healthcare systems will plan events to promote patient safety within their own organizations. ...
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Long-Term Care Hospitals See Little Scrutiny
2 hours ago ago from The New York Times
No one at the hospital noticed that Tina Bell-Jackman was dying. Multimedia On the night of June 26, 2007, Ms. Bell-Jackman turned restlessly in her bed in Room 7 at Select Specialty Hospital of Kansas City, a small medical center that specializes in treating chronically ill patients. Ms. Bell-Jackman, a 46-year-old with diabetes , had been hospitalized at Select for five weeks, was increasingly ...
Related contentSome Haitian Hospitals Selling Donated Medicines
20 hours ago ago from BlackVoices
Hard times can bring out the worst in people. Like the people who loot from stores during a power outage or merchants who raise the price of goods during a shortage, the people of Haiti have learned that the milk of human kindness can curdle and go rancid when there is buck to be made. Add to that list the Haitian hospital operators who have been accused of charging patients for medical care, which is administered with donated medicine ...
Related contentDr. Behzad Mohit: Health Care: Peoples' Call For Action
14 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Health care in this country is in dire straits. I've written two books suggesting fixes for our health care system. The system I proposed involves the creation of an independent people-funded, people-managed insurance coop. All Americans who are now covered by Medicare and Medicaid would still be covered. The government would pay for their policies. The coop would be nonprofit, thus patients wouldn't suffer because of the conflicts of ...
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