Robin Meili

This book provides the technical details and results of the national-level efficiency savings that would be brought about by using Healthcare Information Technology and the costs the nation would have to incur to realize those savings. It also provides the technical details and results of one component of a study to better understand the role and importance of Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMR-S) in improving health and reducing healthcare costs - the national-level efficiency savings that would be brought about by using Healthcare Information Technology - and the costs the nation would have to incur to realize those savings.

This guide exmaines the adoption of innovative medical techniques by managed care organization (MCOs). The authors discuss how the MCO's make medical-necessity and payment decisions involving these technologies and the ways in which this process could be improved.