TechRepublic February 18, 2015
From R&D to patient care, technology has the opportunity to drastically improve the US healthcare system. Here are seven important ways it can happen.
It’s no secret that the US healthcare system is broken. A report released by the Commonwealth Fund, a US think tank, showed that in 2014 the US ranked last in the quality of healthcare systems when compared to 10 other industrialized nations. We’ve occupied that spot from 2004 to 2014.
We also spend much more per capita — about $8,600 — on healthcare than any other nation, and that’s about 30% higher than the next closest industrialized country, according to the World Bank.
As of 2012, according to the CDC, more than half of Americans...
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