Unified Patient Information Management: Improving the Way Patient Data is Accessed, Exchanged and Managed
2011
The U.S. healthcare system has serious problems and inefficiencies. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, healthcare administration cost the U.S. more than $400 billion out of $2.5 trillion in total spending in 2009. Today, patients are paying more for healthcare out of their own pockets and struggling with understanding benefit plans that require them to play a greater role in their care. Physicians and other healthcare professionals are coping with health reform requirements and quality of care reporting, while also juggling operational and cash flow challenges. Health plans are facing financial pressures, while managing health reform and increased competition. Healthcare IT vendors are also dealing with reform, as well as technology mandates and challenges such as interoperability. The solution to these and many other issues plaguing the U.S. healthcare industry is better patient information management.
