Full article reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - August 3, 2009
Many members of Congress working on health care reform do not appreciate the full potential of technology to make the U.S. health care system more cost-effective, according Eric Dishman, director of Health Innovation and Policy for Intel's Digital Health Group. Read more...
Intel Lobbies For Home-Based Medical Technology
Full article reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - August 3, 2009
Many members of Congress working on health care reform do not appreciate the full potential of technology to make the U.S. health care system more cost-effective, according Eric Dishman, director of Health Innovation and Policy for Intel's Digital Health Group. As a founding member of the Continua Alliance, Intel is one of 190 technology and health care companies developing new information, communications and remote monitoring technology that could allow many services currently conducted in a clinic or hospital to be delivered less expensively in the patient's home. But if federal health care policies impede the development or implementation of these new technologies, the health care costs will continue to grow out of control and the U.S. will be less economically competitive, Dishman told "The Gray Sheet" in an interview. Dishman recently spent several days on Capitol Hill talking to lawmakers. He spoke with "The Gray Sheet" about his experience there and his company's efforts to shift American health care from its current hospital-centered "mainframe" model of service delivery to a home-based "personal" model that will make the overall health system more effective and efficient. "The Gray Sheet:" Who did you meet during your trip to Capitol Hill and what message are you trying to deliver to the lawmakers working on health reform? Eric Dishman: The audience was all the major players in the House and Senate who are working on health reform bills. The primary message from us was that if the U.S. is not making home-based care a fundamental strategy of reform, then we're probably not really doing much in the way of reform. Technology is part of that - it's not about technology as a magic pill to solve all problems - but we just don't see how you're going to pay for the uninsured and care for double the number of seniors who are coming in because of the "age wave" without shifting care from hospital to home. And certainly technology is an enabler of that paradigm and that shift from hospital to home. - Reed Miller To start your 30-day, risk-free trial of "The Gray Sheet", contact Elsevier Business Intelligence's Customer Care team toll free at 800-332-2181 or by email at custcare@elsevier.com. To find out about more about more about Elsevier Business Intelligence's medical device publications and databases, multi-user access and/or advertising with Medical Devices Today, please contact Sean Smith at 240-221-4535 or se.smith@elsevier.com.
