Posted on 04/27/2010 2:51:38 AM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) – The Senate Committee on Aging last week offered a preview of the government’s future role in health care, showing how Americans will interact with doctors and other health care providers. The demonstration offers a glimpse at an overlooked effect of health care reform.
The effort, loosely called e-Health or e-Care..."
SNIPPET: "Kaushal, testifying before the committee via video conference due travel disruptions caused by the Icelandic volcano, said that Medicare needs to begin reimbursing for e-Care technologies so that doctors will have an incentive to purchase and install them."
SNIPPET: "Despite the high praise and high hopes expressed by everyone in attendance, e-Care technology is still very much in development requiring more market innovation and “thoughtful study” to see which methods work and which ones don’t.
“We don’t yet have all the answers,” Mostashari said. “They will come from continued market-based technology innovation paired with more results-oriented payment and thoughtful study to capturing the lessons and evidence from ongoing efforts.”"
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
A bit off topic, but interesting, too.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2471842/posts
“EHR: The Grand Illusion (electronic health records)”
Family Practice News ^ | March 1, 2010 | CRAIG M. WAX, D.O.
Posted on March 15, 2010 8:14:04 PM PDT by neverdem
Rush was discussing remote management and dispensing/adjustments to dosages of insulin on Monday, using technology.
Research:
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