RECMGMT-L Archives

Records Management

RECMGMT-L@LISTSERV.IGGURU.US
Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
RAINDrop - In 2nd Look, Few Savings From Digital Health Records
From:
Bruce White <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:36:21 -0500
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (25 lines) 
In today's New York Times...

<snip>
The conversion to electronic health records has failed so far to
produce the hoped-for savings in health care costs and has had mixed
results, at best, in improving efficiency and patient care, according
to a new analysis by the influential RAND Corporation.  Optimistic
predictions by RAND in 2005 helped drive explosive growth in the
electronic records industry and encouraged the federal government to
give billions of dollars in financial incentives to hospitals and
doctors that put the systems in place.
<snip>

http://nyti.ms/Vs6y9v

Bruce White, CRM, PMP
Newtown Square, PA
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/in/bblanco

List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html
Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance
To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message.
mailto:[log in to unmask]

ATOM RSS1 RSS2