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Time to act on health IT
Part of the frustration average Americans feel about Washington stems from its apparent inability to find common-sense solutions to the challenges facing our nation. Congress has a unique opportunity to chip away at that perception by passing health information technology legislation (health IT) that will save lives and reduce health-care costs.
Unfortunately, the window of opportunity for action is closing fast. As the American electorate begins to focus on the November elections, our elected leaders will begin to focus more on politics than policy. Congress needs to act before this window closes completely - inaction will further delay controlling spiraling health-care costs and improving care quality. Indeed, it could cost lives.
Technology has brought us online banking, mobile broadband, and phones that put the power of your desktop computer in the palm of your hand. It is hard to believe that in our increasingly electronic world, our health-care system remains mired in a paper paradigm better fitting the 1950s then the 21st century...
Health IT is essential to the comprehensive reform we need in our health-care system
It allows doctors and patients together to make informed decisions and practice evidence-based medicine. Direct patient care will improve, and health IT will connect health-care professionals with vital medical history in an emergency or when a patient is incapacitated. By providing doctors with accurate, detailed and up-to-date health records and information, health IT can reduce the nearly 100,000 deaths a year caused by medical errors...
Read Charles F. Bass' and Nancy Johnsons commentary in the Washington Times, here...
