[LINK] Unfulfilled Promises Of Health Information Technology

[Tom Worthington]

On 13/01/13 00:08, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> ... A team of RAND Corporation researchers projected in 2005 that
> rapid adoption of health information technology (IT) could save the
> United States more than $81 billion annually. ...

The RAND research referred to is summarized in "Health Information
Technology: Can HIT Lower Costs and Improve Quality?"
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9136/index1.html

As this research points out, a problem is that "... those who pay for 
Health Information Technology do not receive the related savings ...".

An inter-operable health IT system might be good for patients, insurance 
companies and governments paying the bills, but what
incentive is there for doctors and hospitals to implement it?


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