Study Finds IT-enabled Homecare Could Saves Billions 
From: Healthcare Informatics - 03/11/2008
 
A new study from the Washington-based Deloitte Center for Health Solutions
finds that better coordination of in-home medical treatment and technological
advances could mean a potential $400 billion savings to the US healthcare
system. 

The Deloitte study, "Connected Care: Technology Enabled Care at Home,"
promotes self-care and an electronically connected patient/physician
relationship as the foundation of a new model of healthcare with more
emphasis on prevention and the seamless coordination of medical treatment. 

According to the study, applying in-home technologies via the connected care
model would lead to increased medication adherence, a reduction in avoidable
post-acute complications, and an improvement in self-care management of
chronic conditions. The eventual net result, the study projects, could be an
annual savings of 20 percent or more. 

From:
http://healthcare-division.c.topica.com/maakpRkabFDH1caFpKqeaehnaF/

Links:
Deloitte Center for Health Solutions
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/section_node/0,1042,sid%253D80772,00.html

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