Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are generous men both giving billions of dollars to foundations to advance worthy causes. Buffett is so generous he also wants to pay more taxes. Buffett and Gates are also smart men; crafty and skilled entrepreneurs. That is exactly the type of people we need to solve major problems.
I have one of those problems just made for these two gentlemen.
This country desperately needs a fully integrated, easily accessible, universally applied patient information system, integrated health records if you will. In the last seven months I have become increasingly frustrated with the lack of coordination, endless duplicate forms and questions, antiquated information distribution (doctors writing letters to other doctors) and possibly unnecessary health care tests and services. Nobody in the health care system can or does talk to anyone else.
To think that the federal government has the resources or wherewithal to fix this is a dream, it doesn’t, it can’t, it won’t. (England tried and failed) As a result, billions of dollars and who knows how much time is wasted not to mention the quality of health care suffers. CMS has programs to reward Medicare physicians who invest in such systems, but even if marginally successful, such a program is piecemeal. We need a single system for the Country or at the very least state-wide systems that can talk to one another when necessary.
This sounds like a great project for our two generous, tech savvy, skilled billionaires. What could be better than solving one of the most challenging technology problems we have while benefiting every American in the process and saving the government and each of us tons of money as well? Hey, they may even create jobs and make a few extra dollars in the process.
So what do you say guys, can you help us all receive better, more efficient more affordable health care? And Warren, I don’t care if you announce this project at a Obama fundraiser.
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I could not agree more. This is a ridiculous problem that should be solveable. The idea that you go from one doctor to another who all tie into thee same hospital and yet all ask for a medical history all ask the same questions woth the same instance of when and what was done is so frustrating and I am a healthy person I can only imagine what it is like for someone who is really ill and has to go to countless physicians. You are right on with ythe commentary. Gates could make millions/billoions and most of us would be happy to see him do so after when he passes much of it will come back to society anyway ditto for Buffet.
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