healthTech.accordingtome.com » healthcare it benefits http://healthtech.accordingtome.com nine floors up, looking at healthcare from an IT perspective Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:08:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Why healthcare IT should matter to you http://healthtech.accordingtome.com/2007/07/08/why-healthcare-it-should-matter-to-you/ http://healthtech.accordingtome.com/2007/07/08/why-healthcare-it-should-matter-to-you/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:39:31 +0000 admin http://healthtech.accordingtome.com/2007/07/08/why-healthcare-it-should-matter-to-you/ important.gifQuadraMed (a Medical billing company) published a list of ten reasons why consumers should care about health information technology. I was happy to see such a list and I’ve included a few of their reasons below:

Health information technology:

  • improves the quality of care
  • prevents some medical errors
  • empowers consumers to make smarter healthcare decisions.
  • saves consumers money.
  • decreases billing errors.
  • is critical in the event of a nation-wide emergency.
  • increases accountability from providers.

You can see the full list here

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