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Focus on care quality and health outcomes
The leadership in the US is focussing on care quality and health outcomes when monitoring the effects of Health IT investments. The investment program made possible under ARRA has to contribute to the innovation of healthcare itself and not focus solely on the administrative and efficiency needs that are the consequence of healthcare reform. This has been the message of three keynote speeches during the Health Level 7 Plenary and Working Group Meeting in Atlanta this week. Speakers were John Tooker (American College of Physicians), Janet Corrigan (National Quality Forum) and David Blumenthal (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). This message will focus the business cases that we develop for the Health Information Exchanges to be implemented in each of the states. Will this be realistic without a financial stimulus to provide high quality care and better health outcomes?
Posted by Robert Stegwee on September 22, 2009 | 
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# on November 6, 2009 7:04 AM, omega-3 said:
I have read the article based on the Quality and health outcomes.I agree with the point that The leadership in the US is focussing on care quality and health outcomes when monitoring the effects of Health IT investments.Health investment is not a bad choice but in that case it also affects the quality level and many more aspects.
# on November 24, 2009 9:51 AM, Robert Stegwee said:
Thank you for responding. Are there any specific other aspects, beyond quality and outcomes, that you are looking at? I know that many health authorities and governments are looking to Health IT to bring about substantial efficiency gains, however the evidence of that happening is still limited.