Posted on 05/11/2005 12:19:20 PM PDT by kingattax
Personal health records and other health care information technology could decrease medical errors and save money, but incompatibility between information systems and insufficient government funding are delaying progress, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), founder of the... Center for Health Transformation, said Monday, TechnologyDaily reports.
Speaking at a congressional forum on health care information technology sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Gingrich said current methods of estimating the cost of health care IT are "irrational" because they only consider initial investments and do not take long-term savings into account (Belopotosky, TechnologyDaily, 5/10).
Gingrich said the federal government should invest $3 billion to $5 billion in health care IT, rather than the $125 million requested by the Bush administration for the 2006 budget. In addition, Gingrich proposed a voluntary system for U.S. residents to create and maintain personal electronic health records. Each user would have a unique identification number that doctors could use to access the person's medical history -- a step that Gingrich said could decrease medical errors.
According to Gingrich, privacy concerns over health care identification numbers would be alleviated because the system would be voluntary. He estimated that about 90% to 95% of U.S. residents would use such a system (CQ HealthBeat [1], 5/9).
A HealthCast of Gingrich's speech is available online at kaisernetwork.org
Or maybe Geroge Bush I?
Do you think the DU folks are up in arms about how their Queen Hillary could be working with the evil genius Newt?
It might be interesting to note that all medical records are going digital. Including x-rays, cat scans, whatever it is possible to digitize. Happening with or without the former Speaker or presidential hopeful Clinton.
nope. those dipsticks are under the beast's spell
Something happened, somewhere about the time he was messing around with his secretary or whatever she was back during the impeachment.
At one time Newt was my hero, but that was a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
",,,do you remember which person in government FIRST used the term "new world order" ?
That's the trouble with people like us we remember and that's not allowed by the thought police.
the bushes and the clintons are getting to be one big happy family the last couple years....real buddy buddy
I don't trust Gingrich and absolutely zero reason for the Feds to fund a database.
federal funding = federal control....that's what they want, boys and girls. control of ALL medical care.
big govt moderate who is balkanizing America 2 Bushes
big govt liberal crook Bill
Some difference........ no wonder they get along just like Jerry Ford did with liberals.
Yep, yep, yep!!!
I cannot believe that anyone - ANYONE! - who cares a lick about this country would want that woman as President.
NEVER forget this : the "globalists" are 1000 times more evil and dangerous than communists ever even thought about being.
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