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Issue Date: February 2005

Experts Outline the Need for Health Reform
During the recent Unified Health Alliance Conference in Washington, D.C., the keynote speaker, Brian Klepper, PhD, president of the Center for Practical Health Reform, warned that rising health care costs are pricing individual, corporate, and government purchasers out of the market.

CHF Study Raises Questions
Proponents of disease management programs say significant clinical improvements and cost savings can result from these programs. Data from a large randomized clinical trial indicate that patients with congestive heart failure, especially those with advanced disease, may benefit clinically from disease management programs. However, these programs do not reduce health care utilization or costs. The analysis was published in Circulation.

Taking EMRs to the Next Level
Physicians have three options: They can work harder and earn less, they can retire, or they can embrace information technology, says C. Everett Koop, MD, former U.S. Surgeon General. Recognizing the need to embrace information technology, many of us will have electronic medical records in place in 2005. Also, a lot of medical practices will be using document scanners to help manage reports, images, and other paperwork. But most practices have not taken advantage of the true power and benefits of a document imaging and management system (DIMS).