Experts estimate that telecommunications applications could reduce health care costs by $36 to $100 billion each year while improving quality and increasing access. [Breakthroughs would come in the areas of:] Telemedicine … Unified Electronic Claims … Personal Health Information Systems … Computer-Based Patient Records.
Predictor: Information Infrastructure Task Force
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of the 1993 report of the Information Infrastructure Task Force. In ÒThe National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action,Ó members of the commission report:”Experts estimate that telecommunications applications could reduce health care costs by $36 to $100 billion each year while improving quality and increasing access. Below are some of the existing and potential applications.- Telemedicine: By using telemedicine, doctors and other care givers can consult with specialists thousands of miles away; continually upgrade their education and skills; and share medical records and x-rays …- Unified Electronic Claims: More than 4 billion health care claims are submitted annually from health care providers to reimbursement organizations such as insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, and HMOsÉ The administrative costs of the U.S. health care systems could be dramatically reduced by moving towards standardized electronic submission and processing of claims.- Personal Health Information Systems: The United States can use computers and networks to promote self care and prevention by making health care information available 24 hours a day in a form that aids decision making É Michael McDonald, chairman of the Communications and computer Applications in Public Health (CCAPH) estimates that even if personal health information systems were used only 25 to 35 percent of the time, $40 to $60 billion could be saved É- Computer-Based Patient Records: É Computer-Based Patient Records are critical to improving the quality and reducing the cost of health care.Ó
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Medical/Professional
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: The National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action.
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages 31, 32
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