In-House Counsel

Healthcare IT: Saving Lives, Saving Money

The US health care industry has been one of the last to benefit from the increased efficiencies brought by the adoption of information technology tools. Despite abundant evidence that technology could help lower costs and improve health care outcomes, providers have been slow to adopt. For most US providers the biggest obstacle has been poor return on investment. A small physician practice could face costs of over $30,000, yet that practice may see very little of the financial benefits. Instead, patients and insurers ? either private or government-run Medicare and Medicaid - will benefit from fewer duplicative or unnecessary medical tests, reduced medical errors, and better care of chronic illnesses.

Full post as published by Cisco High Tech Policy Blog on March 10, 2008 (boomark / email).