Roger Taylor

TL;DR: It is concluded that effective EMR implementation and networking could eventually save more than $81 billion annually--by improving health care efficiency and safety--and that HIT-enabled prevention and management of chronic disease could eventually double those savings while increasing health and other social benefits.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential health and financial benefits of health information technology (HIT) are examined and the potential savings and costs of widespread adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems, models important health and safety benefits, and concludes that effective EMR implementation and networking could eventually save more than $81 billion annually.

TL;DR: Policy options that could speed the adoption of HIT and the realization of these benefits include incentives to promote standard-based electronic medical record (EMR) system adoption; subsidies to develop information-exchange networks; and programs to measure, report, and reward performance.

TL;DR: Research reported in this Highlight summarizes RAND Health research reported in the following publications: Hillestad R, Bigelow J, Bower A, Girosi F, Meili R, Scoville R, and Taylor R, “Can Electronic Medical Record Systems Transform Healthcare? An Assessment of Potential Health Benefi ts, Savings, and Costs,” Health Aff airs, Vol. 5, September 14, 2005.

TL;DR: The operational advantages and disadvantages, compares the errors, examines the costs, and discusses the privacy issues of a unique patient identifier using no personal data and statistical matching based on personal attributes are examined.