Markle Connecting for Health's Preliminary Roadmap for Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare calls for all stakeholders from across the healthcare industry to work together to build a health information infrastructure that would improve patient care, reduce medical error and lower costs while protecting patient privacy and details specific actions the public and private sectors can take to accelerate the adoption of information technology in healthcare.
A doctor I see for my thyroid tumor recently made a mistake. While the recommendation of the specialist, an endocrinologist, in this case didn’t cause me to lose a limb or seriously jeopardize my health, the experience did give me first-hand insight of how easy medical mistakes happen when doctors don’t have access to information when making decisions.
My son Alex suffers from hydrocephalus, an uncommon condition that forces an abnormal accumulation of fluid inside his brain. His condition is treated with insertions of shunts into his skull to let the excess fluid drain. If the shunts should fail, Alex could lapse into a coma and even die. Quick and appropriate intervention for my son and other hydrocephalus patients is critical.
Summary of Financial Incentives Recommendations in Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Health Care: A Preliminary Roadmap from the Nation's Public and Private-Sector Healthcare Leaders.
