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Implementing Collaborative Technology for Healthcare: Lessons Learned
  • Jack Corley, ATI
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The Motivations for Change
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Problem as we saw it in 1992 ...
  • Today's healthcare information is paper-based, fragmented, and trapped within closed systems.
    • Paperwork is 20-25% of total healthcare costs.
    • Nurses spend over 40% of their time on paperwork.
    • 15-20% of diagnostic tests are performed because records of prior tests are unavailable.


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Ted Kennedy on
June 18, 2002
  • Administrative costs account for almost a third of total health care spending ($400 Billion).
    • A health care transaction costs as much as $25.
    • A bank transaction costs less than a penny - by using information technology.
  • Reducing health care administrative costs to that of other industries would save enough to finance universal health care several times over.


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“Top 10” costs of
 paper medical records
  • Physician time spent on paperwork: 38%
  • Nurse time spent on paperwork: 50%
  • Charts missing: 30% of encounters
  • Tests duplicated: 11% because results lost
  • Cost to find and file a chart: $5-$25
  • Cost of transcription: > $10,000/yr/MD
  • Paper forms to fill in: > 20,000/yr/MD
  • Errors: illegible prescriptions, miscommunication with patients, incomplete data for consultants
  • Privacy risks: no audit trail of accesses, entire chart copied on request
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Key Opportunity
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The Technology Needs
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Integrated Multimedia
Internet-Based, Workflow Enabled Tools
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Delivering Best Practice Knowledge Where and When Needed
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Information Protection
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Internet-based Healthcare Collaboration
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Expected Macro Changes
  • Clinician transition from:
    • “Omniscient” data source to data processor and decision maker
    • Physical presence to virtual presence
  • Interdisciplinary team expanding:
    • Informed patient
    • Information resources
  • Healthcare transitioning from:
    • Treating illness to promoting wellness and preventing illness
    • Treatment specialized by functional area to patient-centered, population-based disease management
  • Pressing Emphasis on Emergency Response


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Stakeholders

  • Consumer
  • educators
  • Healthcare providers
    •  hospital, clinics, labs
    • First responders
    • Clinicians
  • Payers
    • Government
    • Employers
    • Insurance companies
  • Employers
  • Community
  • Vendors/suppliers


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Advances Making Future Health Vision Attainable
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The Solution...