I dont think it will make a big difference as such but definitely there will be a boost. US already have started promoting Health IT Systems and it will continue to grow.
I agree, Mansur, IT makes the multiple processes within the healthcare system more efficient, transparent, and portable. Although funding may be at risk for the full ACA, I think everyone recognizes the need for the digital foundation to address the long-term health system issues.
To Mitch's question, is it a bureaucracy? If it were left up to optional use, it could be. The fact that payment will demand electronic submission (both by government and private payors), and subsequently begin to track health outcomes in total cost of care and quality, IT will become the new foundation for services and health transactions.
The law itself lays out policy, standards, funds and creates a federal implementation arm (bureaucracy). As the private sector and states continue to implement HIT using the standards, healthcare will continue to be effective. No one should expect instant results, I had a great experience with my last doctor visit which I wrote about. We will be able to make appointments and change them from PDA and mobile devices. Doctors will be able to see patients on the road and at health fairs -- tablets will translate patients who speak a different language, doctors will dictate into an EHR system -- the vision and possibilities are simply amazing and endless!
The HITECH act laid the foundation for implementation of healthcare IT at the organizational level. It provides federal money based on meeting adoption criteria to help organizations defray the costs of implementation. It also provided funds for health information exchanges at the state level. so healthcare providers could securely exchange patient information to provide better care and have complete information. The goal is not to make IT effective but to make healthcare effective.
I believe a few states were delaying implementation of the new healthcare provisions, in the expectation that Obama would lose the election and the calendar would come to an abrupt stop. They need to play catch up now to comply.
That the health care reform not be repealed is the reason I wanted Obama to win. First of all because I think more people having health insurance is a good thing for any country to give to its people and then of course the opportunity that would give to the IT industry is most welcome.
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