I was reading about Bush’s latest healthcare initiative (no, it’s nothing about faith-based initiatives this time). Basically he wants to create a ‘mid-level’ Health Care IT advisor. Or something to that order. Why? Here’s what he says:
Docs are still spending a lot of time writing things on paper. And sometimes it’s difficult to read their handwriting.
Sometimes information gets lost. Sometimes people inadvertently prescribe the wrong drug.
So the fundamental question is: how do we use technology, how do we modernize health care? That’s what we’re talking about.
100 Million dollars for a project to help the sick and weary to get the right prescription. That would help a lot: not so long ago the administration planned to spend 1.5 billion dollars on ‘promoting marriage’?