ozzie
07-08-2004, 11:08 PM
• Ensure that all Americans Have Secure, Private Electronic Medical Records by the Year 2008. Most Americans have had the experience of repeated testing due to unavailable results or failure to transfer records. Universal electronic medical records will dramatically reduce waste in medical care through a reduction of redundant and unnecessary tests. In addition to cost controls, computerized medical records and decision support software can also reduce serious medical errors by as much as 88 percent.
huh ? says who ?
• Assure Federal Government Adopts Modern Computerized Methods for Health
Care Transactions That Are Widely Used in Other Industries. These costs are from the magnitude of transactions that occur every day that range from requesting a medical record, submitting a bill, or scheduling an appointment – most of which still occur on paper. ??
the feds now schedule appointment for you ??
• Require Private Sector Insurers to Use Advanced Systems. Private insurers would have to use this simplified technology standard as a condition of doing business with the Federal government (Medicare, Medicaid, and the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program) to make health care transactions less costly.
Again less costly for who ..I thought that all this had been done already aka no more paper entries...
huh ? says who ?
• Assure Federal Government Adopts Modern Computerized Methods for Health
Care Transactions That Are Widely Used in Other Industries. These costs are from the magnitude of transactions that occur every day that range from requesting a medical record, submitting a bill, or scheduling an appointment – most of which still occur on paper. ??
the feds now schedule appointment for you ??
• Require Private Sector Insurers to Use Advanced Systems. Private insurers would have to use this simplified technology standard as a condition of doing business with the Federal government (Medicare, Medicaid, and the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program) to make health care transactions less costly.
Again less costly for who ..I thought that all this had been done already aka no more paper entries...