Open letter to the new U.S. president: Health care reform in America

Inquiry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-251

  Berman, Howard ^a   McPherson, Bruce ^b   Kenny, Roger M ^c   Cirillo, Anthony ^d   Lerner, Wayne M ^e   O'Brien, John ^f   Brown, Douglas ^f  

^a Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care ^*

^b Alliance for Advancing Non profit Health Care   (United States)

^c Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care   (United States)

^d Fast Forward Strategic Planning and Marketing Consulting   (United States)

^e Holy Cross Hospital   (United States)

^f University of Massachusetts   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; LABOR; LAW; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 56749154791     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_45.03.249     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. For example, using an infection control checklist in intensive care units, Michigan hospitals were able to decrease their infection rate by 66% in the first three months, and outperform over 90% of all hospitals nationwide, saving more than 1,500 lives and $175 million.
2. Major studies have estimated that widespread adoption of HIT will yield net cost savings per year to the nation of about $80 billion, about 25% of this to the federal government. Even if these estimates are overstated by 50% - or as much as 75% - the savings are huge. This is an investment the federal government cannot afford not to make.