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Friday, October 02, 2009

Will a Fully Implemented Health IT System Improve Health Care Quality, Access and Cost?

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Seventy-five percent of U.S. adults believe that a fully implemented health IT system will have a positive outcome on health care quality and access for patients, according to a new survey commissioned by the Career College Association and TechAmerica and conducted by Harris Interactive.

Sixty-four percent of U.S. adults said they believe that a fully implemented health IT system will have a positive outcome on health care costs for patients.

The survey found that 44% of U.S. adults have experienced or noticed health IT applications being used in their doctor's office or hospital.

Results are based on an online survey of 2,175 U.S. adults conducted from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.

Source: Career College Association/TechAmerica, "Survey Finds Consensus on Healthcare IT Advantages; Full Benefits Depend on Educated Workforce"

Reader Comments:
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  • 10/10/2009
  • Gadema Quoquoi

Healthcare Reform Offers us an Opportunity to Controlled Costs, and make an Investment in a 21st Century IT Infrastructure. For decades, Microsoft's Desktop Applications have Increased Productivity, Efficiency, and Costs Savings in the Work Place. Proper Deployment of Health Information Technology (HIT) Solutions, and Training can Increased Productivity (i,e, medical data mining, risks treatment, service delivery), Efficiency (medical errors, redundant and inappropriate care), and Costs Savings of around 2030% of our Annual National Healthcare Expenditures ($2.4 Trillions). We can start by Deploying a pure Packet-based, All Optical/IP, Multi-Service National Transport Network Infrastructure, using Ethernet throughout the "Network of Networks." This type of Investment is like the Investments that were made in the past in the National Inter-State Highways. It Serve as Business Driver for: e-Healthcare, e-Commerce, e-Education, Energy/Transpt. Systems. gkquoquoi.blogspot.

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  • 10/05/2009
  • Terry Amiel

Show me the questions and I'll show you how to skew the outcome.



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