What keeps putting the VA at the top of the list...medical records and access to information...they save trees too at the same time...nothing new here in the fact that better decisions are made when one does not have to shoot from the hip and has solid credible information at their fingertips....and they do it cheaper than Medicare...and yes there are pros and cons to how the overall administration works, but you can't argue with information availability...BD
Experts generally agree that electronic records are absolutely essential to significant health care reform. However, only about 5 percent of the nation's hospitals now have them. The difference is the VA's life-long relationship with patients. It gives them a strong financial incentive to invest in technology that aids preventive medicine. And it works --
Experts generally agree that electronic records are absolutely essential to significant health care reform. However, only about 5 percent of the nation's hospitals now have them.
But in the VA system, every patient's records are as close as a computer. It saves millions of dollars. And it's not just good business, it's good medicine. That means, for example, that in most private hospitals 20 percent of lab tests are repeated simply because doctors can't find a patient's results.
Study after study puts the VA system at the very top for fewer medical errors, for effective treatments, for lower costs and for patient satisfaction. And the VA delivers all of this for at least $1,500 less per year per patient than Medicare.
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