[LINK] Unfulfilled Promises Of Health Information Technology

[Jim Birch]

The US health care system is a wreck.  It is loaded with people and
companies whose idea of medical progress is to increase their incomes with
minimal regard to actual health outcomes. The benefits and costs of Health
IT is swamped by other factors in the US.

Costa Rica gets an equivalent or better health result with a per capita
spent of about 10% of the US figure.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376989/


Jim


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On 14 January 2013 09:07, Tom Worthington <tom.worthington at tomw.net.au>wrote:

> 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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