No Rx for ROI

摘要

Return on investment is the sum of increased revenue, lower costs and reduced risk. Electronic health records (EHR) helps to cut costly duplication of services: tests, treatments, prescriptions, office visits. Those are all the things that doctors and hospitals charge for. Having a patient's complete records easily available means a doctor can make better decisions more quickly. However, sometimes the information they've received just looks wrong. And going with that wrong-looking data is very risky. EHR truly does hold the promise of improving patient care and helping to control soaring medical costs. But right now, the people being asked to make the investment aren't likely to get much of the return.