How to save $40 billion in health care costs…
“Electronic health records (EHRs) broaden access to patient data and provide the platform for pushing evidence-based decision support to clinicians at the point-of-care. This promotes optimal care for patients, reduces medical errors, optimizes the use of labor, reduces duplication of tests, and by the way, improves patient outcomes. When done in aggregate across all health providers, a team from McKinsey estimates that $40 billion of costs... [Read More...]
Louisville Metro EMS – Nurse Teletriage: Dr. Clawson, “The time is here for this.”
EMS system to shift low-priority calls Patients will talk with nurse, may avoid ambulance, ERHoping to ease overcrowded emergency rooms and trim ambulance runs, Louisville Metro EMS is launching a program to screen low-priority 911 calls and divert some patients from hospitals to more appropriate care. Starting Monday, dispatchers will turn a small number of the lowest priority calls — such as an earache or stomachache — over to a nurse, who... [Read More...]
