The Healthcare Information Infrastructure Business Case

•Benefits of the Healthcare Information Infrastructure

–Increased Utility of Information to the Customer (Patient)

•The customer regulates access to his or her medical record

•Healthcare information is Immediately available to healthcare professionals where and when the customer needs assistance

•Better tracking of customer medical history

•The healthcare information is 99.999999% secure from cyber attacks

–Reduce Regulations

•Little or no need for HIPA regulations and procedures with respect to the customer

•Must reduce Obama Care, Medicare, and Medicaid processes and regulations to fully implement this infrastructure

–Reduce Cost (10 to 30%)

•Reduced paperwork by doctors and hospitals—a major cost driver

•Reduced need for additional forms by customers

•Automated information insertion into customer records means no need for duplicate testing

•Better ability to audit all stakeholders in the infrastructure

•Side Benefits

–Increased access to summary data by researchers

•Downside

–Time to implement

•Prototype Phase – about 2 Years

•Pilot/Customer Acceptance Phase – about 1 Year

•Build out – Initial Operating Capability (IOC) about 5 Years

–Political/Culture/Economic

•Politicians, Doctors, Hospitals and Clinics, Pharmacies, Insurance Companies, and current Bureaucrats will not like it because of the way it effects their processes, procedures, and ways for making money

–Remember: “The first instance of a superior principle is always inferior to a mature instance of an inferior principle”