Improving U.S. Life Expectancy

U.S. Life Expectancy 50th in the World: Can It Be Improved? An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is a person's health-related information from a single office or health organization. Electronic medical records are designed to electronically organize medical office work and patient records, increasing efficiency, productivity and quality of care. Experts estimate 195,000 people die from medical errors in hospitals, annually. That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, and AIDS in the U.S. in one year. 195,000 Medical Errors Operating on wrong patient or site 42,000 Auto Accidents 39,000 Breast Cancer Performing wrong procedure 18,000 AIDS Misdiagnosis Considering the financial cost and human tragedy, medical errors are a widespread problem. Electronic medical record implementation means lower in-hospital mortality rates and more time for nurses and staff.5 3-4% lower rates of in-hospital mortality. 15-26% more hours per day nurses spend with patients. 90% EMR adoption would result in $42 billion both inpatient and outpatient savings. average annual savings during 15-yr. adoption. $77 billion in annual savings in 15h year. Net Potential Savings for Hospital and Physician EMR Systems Adoption During a 15-Year Adoption Period. Net cumulative inpatient savings from EMR over time 350 Cumulative inpatient 300 250 Cumulative outpatient Yearly inpatient 200 150 Yearly outpatient 100 2010 15-Year Adoption Period 2012 2014 2018 WHY? What could $77 billion per year in efficiency savings pay for? • The 2010 budget for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ($76.8B)," or • Purchasing every NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL team ($65B), or • Fixing the U.S. mass transit systems ($77.7B). An average U.S. hospital spends 25% of its budget on billings and administration - nearly twice the average of Canada." $$$ FACT American physicians spend 8 hours per week on paperwork. Clerical workers spend an additional 1.66 hours per week for each doctor. That means every doctor spends 384 hours per year on paperwork. 12 11 Works out to over 79 hours a year per clerical worker." 10 Combining all U.S. doctors, that totals 366,336,000 hours per year that could be spent on patient care. The time spent on paperwork is equivalent to 132,000 doctors working for a full year. EHR Adoption Around the World. An EHR (Electronic Health Record) is the combined health information from multiple organizations, presenting the totality of a person's state of health and care. Germany 42% EHR Canada The Netherlands- highest rate for primary care physicians 98% EHR 23% EHR United Kingdom 89% EHR Australia 79% EHR United States 28% EHR New Zealand 92% EHR Greater adoption of EMR/EHR could revolutionize healthcare by freeing up clinician time so clinicians can focus on patient care, reducing the possibility of medical errors. SOURCES 1 medicahewatoday.com/releasea/11056.php 2 shifa-hospilal.com/medioal-errore-k-more-people-than-car-aocidents 3 seer.cancer.gov/statfactn/html/breast.html 4 wiki.answers.com/QHow many people die in the US each day of AIDSeach day of AIDS 5 onlineibrary.wiley.com/doi0.11114.1475-6773.2010.01110xabstract 6 eecsharvard.edu/cet00rireadingRAND benefits.pdf 7 apoaccess.gov/unbudgelty10/pd/y10-newern.pdf 8 forbes.com O homelandsecuritynewswire.comt-will-cost-77-bilion-shore-us-ground-transportation-infrestruoture 10 img.en25.oom/Web/ThomeonReutera/WASTEWHITEPAPER AINAL11 3 00.pdf 11 modermheathoare.com/article/20000206/REG/3020600e0 12 cin.gov/ibrarylpublications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rankhtmi