MResult Healthcare Insights

One of the groups our CEO, Yann, is involved with is the Metro-Hartford Alliance Health care Task Force; a group of representing influential area health care providers, payers and health care industry leaders. They’re charged with identifying opportunities for job growth and economic development and as you may expect with such a group there is no shortage of great ideas.

A really interesting idea is to develop a state-wide information exchange for hospitals and physicians to share patient information. This would be similar to a RIO, but geared more towards consumer-friendly presentation of information. Think of it as an “online concierge” for your health. The advantages would be controlled costs, improved care, and better outcomes. The challenges? Who pays for it after the initial funding runs out?

Which underscores just why health care is such a difficult issue to sort out. What’s called for is not better technology or even more efficient ways of doing what we’re doing today. We need to develop new ways of doing business that incent reform.