While striving to provide the most innovative and valuable care to patients is the overarching goal of healthcare, the costs associated with this care are astronomical. Several strategies have been implemented into practice to curb these high expenditures, yet current healthcare costs are nearly 18 percent of the gross domestic product. Donald M. Berwick, MD, and Andrew D. Hackbarth, MPhil, say cut waste, not care.
Wider use of EMRs could reduce infant mortality in the U.S., according to a forthcoming study in the Journal of Political Economy.
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