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The victory of Barack Obama is a historic moment for the United States and one of the issues has been health care reform and cutting costs that arise from the use of paper.
According to the barackobama.com site:
"Lower Health Care Costs by Investing in Electronic Information Technology Systems: A key feature of Barack Obama and Joe Biden's health care plan is the use of health information technology to lower the cost of health care. Most medical records are still stored on paper, which makes them difficult to use to coordinate care, measure quality, or reduce medical errors. Processing paper claims also costs twice as much as processing electronic claims. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will invest $10 billion a year over the next five years to move the U.S. health care system to broad adoption of standards-based electronic health information systems, including electronic health records. "
A fundamental change in the underlying health care technology infrastructure will help the economy by encouraging technology job growth in areas such as networking, security, hardware, etc. while reducing the eco-footprint of this sector.
These are historic times for the United States and I am looking forward to seeing a modernized health care system in which medical records are handled in a secure and efficient manner by both patients and health care professionals.
Review the site for more information:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology/
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