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Why EMRs won’t prevent the spread of Ebola

Matt Patterson, MD
Tech
November 4, 2014

According to IBM, there are 2.5 exabytes of data created every day, and most of it is unstructured. Imagine receiving all the words ever spoken by human beings on your doorstep each and every day. Now, imagine consuming that, making sense of it and trying to keep up with the ever-accelerating pace of data creation each day.

As a physician, I experienced firsthand the angst that comes with trying to keep up …

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Why EMRs won’t prevent the spread of Ebola

Patients need pay for performance too

Matt Patterson, MD
Policy
January 19, 2013

The ultimate cure to the perversions inherent in U.S. health system economics is cracking the risk code – optimizing the financial risk allocation for any given disease across payer, health system, physician and patient. After years of payer and more recently health system effort, the heat is increasing on doctors and patients.

Despite vigorous effort on wellness and prevention, it’s fair to say the industry has so far missed the mark …

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