NEWPORT BEACH, CA USA -- HIT/HIPAA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- June 19, 2007: The executive brief, The Disruption of Healthcare: Forces of Technology and Genetics Forever Change Healthcare, examines the DNA of tomorrow's digital healthcare ecosystem. Digital healthcare is about the delivery of personalized care - it is about information-based medicine. It is the result of digitization of healthcare information of each person. The Disruption of Healthcare, executive brief PDF may be downloaded, free, exclusively from www.ecfirst.com.
The executive brief examines the healthcare system of today - one that is ridden with excessive paper-based processes, care driven largely by treatment and not necessarily prevention, a system that is reactive not proactive, and finally one in which too many lives are lost or seriously impacted as a direct result of mistakes made.
We are, however, about to witness a seismic shift in how we cure individuals. The disruption of healthcare is well underway. The executive brief examines the building blocks of digital healthcare including:
- The flattening of the healthcare infrastructure as a direct result of Electronic Health Records (EHR), the National Healthcare Information Network (NHIN), Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) and of course, the Internet
- Regulatory compliance and how it is seriously influencing policy and technology priorities in healthcare organizations
- The impact of genomics on healthcare and its influence on personalized medicine
"In the executive brief document, The Disruption of Healthcare, Pabrai details the state of challenges in the healthcare system in the United States today with accuracy. As he has described, the forces of technology and genetics are beginning to seriously impact the American digital healthcare ecosystem," stated Dr. Guttina Subrahmanyam, Wipro Health and Life Sciences.
"This brief is a very comprehensive document with all the relevant and up-to-date data on American healthcare and the direction it is taking in the years to come. As someone who is very passionate about personalized medicine, I would highly recommend the brief as a must-read document," further stated Dr. Subrahmanyam.
You may download a complimentary copy of the executive brief PDF at www.ecfirst.com.
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