Accelerating Progress: Using Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Information Exchange to Improve Care
State Alliance For E-Health

• Health information technology (HIT) and electronic health information exchange (HIE) are critical tools in states’ efforts to transform health care in this country.
• HIT has strong potential to drive health system improvements, and states have taken steps in recent years to promote widespread use of HIT and enable access to information through electronic exchange.

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Digital Quality of Life: Understanding the Personal and Social Benefits of the Information Technology Revolution

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
By Robert D. Atkinson and Daniel D. Castro
October 1, 2008

• In the new global economy, information technology (IT) is the major driver of both economic growth and improved quality of life.
• IT is the key enabler of many, if not most, of today’s key innovations and improvements in our lives and society—from better education and health care, to a cleaner and more energy efficient environment, to safer and more secure communities and nations.
• Although the emerging digital economy has produced enormous benefits, the best is yet to come.

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Striking Jump In Consumers Seeking Health Care Information
Center for Studying Health System Change
August 2008

• In 2007, 56 percent of American adults—more than 122 million people—sought information about a personal health concern online, up from 38 percent in 2001.
• It is encouraging that so many consumers across all age, education, income and racial/ethnic groups report positive effects from obtaining health information online.

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The Increasingly Important Impact of Wireless Broadband Technology and Services on the U.S. Economy
Ovum
July 2008

• By 2016 the value of the combined mobile wireless voice and broadband productivity gains will reach $427 billion per year.
• Between 2004 and 2005, the productivity enhancements generated by the use of mobile wireless broadband tripled in value.
• In 2005, productivity improvements due to use of mobile broadband solutions across the U.S. health care industry were worth almost $6.9 billion. By 2016, that number will triple to $27.2 billion.

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FCC Fifth Report
June 12, 2008

• Advanced telecommunications capability is meeting the challenge.  Capacity and availablity are increasing.
• Broadband depolyment is increasing to important contituencies like rural Americans, the disabled, and minorities.
• OECD rankings are not accurate.

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The Digital Economy Fact Book
The Progress & Freedom Foundation

• In the U.S., the health care services likely to be most affected by remote digital technologies include geriatric care monitoring, wellness monitoring, acute care telemonitoring, web messaging, and e-visits.
• Some predict that revenue from these services will grow from $461 million in 2005 to $2.11 billion in 2010.U.S. residential subscriptions to broadband Internet services grew 20 percent in 2006 to surpass 50 million, 47 percent of all U.S. households. The figure is expected to pass 60 million, 55 percent of all households, by the end of 2007.

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State Efforts to Expand Broadband Access
National Governors Association
May 20, 2008

• Broadband communication is radically transforming the way in which Americans use the Internet by providing the ability to access voice, video, and data through a single network.
• There are benefits in having access to educational institutions or telemedicine applications through the Internet.
• The study recommends a variety of successful approaches to spur broadband in the states.

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Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
Congressional Budget Office
May 2008

• Health information technology has the potential to significantly increase the efficiency of the health sector.
• The potential of health IT to reduce spending for health care depends in large part on its ability to make care more efficient by cutting the cost of delivering services, avoiding redundant services, and improving providers’ productivity.

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The Telehealth Promise: Better Health Care and Cost Savings for the 21st Century
Alexander H. Vo, PhD
AT&T Center for Telehealth Research and Policy
Electronic Health Network University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
May 2008

• The integration of telehealth into the American health care system can offer unparalleled access to high quality care to every citizen no matter where they live.
• Widespread implementation of telehealth could save the U.S. health care system $4.28 billion just from reducing transfers of patients from one location, such as a nursing home, for medical exams at hospitals, physicians’ offices, or other caregiver locations. 

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Telephone Medical Consults Answer the Call for Accessible, Affordable and Convenient Healthcare
Center for Health Transformation
Newt Gingrich, Ph.D., Richard Boxer, M.D., Byron Brooks, M.D.
March 2008

• Telemedicine introduces opportunities for improved access to healthcare services for all Americans, regardless of geography, with lower costs and better outcomes.

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