Health Care 2.0 - Google Health
The health care system in the United States is out of control. Exactly the same reason why there’s so many credit problems right now because the credit system is also out of control. Perhaps the first step in redefining the health care system here in the states is by giving some of that control to the people. Google Health Beta launched yesterday(5/20/08) with the intentions of just that. It gives everyday people a platform to help them track their medical records, prescriptions, allergies, medical conditions, and so on. Perhaps in the future Google will add additional features like a Google Health Analytics. Such a feature could have an analytic and graphing system that tracks your blood pressure, sugar levels, PSA levels, white blood counts, and so on all on a easy readable pie or bar graph with a time line. So every time you go for a checkup this information updates with the new data. Did I mention Skynet is self aware?
First off mister blogger man I work in the health care system and I just want to go on record saying its not the hospital’s fault that healthcare is out of control. That ins. company that you pay your hard earned money to, well they tell the physician/provider WHAT they can do to YOU, WHEN they can do it, HOW and WHERE they can do it. They have contracts that rip the healthcare provider off. Everyday money is written off, just goes away because the insurance co. thinks that ‘oh we don’t think that was medically necessary to be done’ oh sure we appeal that decision. Hows this for sad, I had an insuance company deny a guy’s claim states its not a covered service because there was no proof of improvement. That pt. he had throat cancer and his doctor brought him in for pegtube placement aka a FEEDING TUBE. YEA they refused to pay for this guys only method of nurishment.and yup it became his responsibility!! Now this guy is fighting for his life and gets a bill for like $8,000, then the other day I get a claim that the SAME insurance co. denied a simple X-ray.. a payment of around 100 bucks stating that because it wasnt proven they would not cover and pay this, so we write this charge off. The kid fell from a tree and the doctor ordered an X-ray!! an X-ray WHY because he MIGHT have broken his arm, but because it wasn’t broke we eat the bill. So what we turn people away, suggest they go outside MAKE sure your arm is broke because otherwise we’re not X-raying you to make sure? soo all I wanna go on record saying is LOOK TO YOUR INS. CO. for the problems. When your facility/hospital/doctor office has to eat all these charges guess what happens???? Just like at the pump yup your prices too go up. It’s an ugly cycle but I work these claims all day long and have been doing so for 7 years and trust me it’s not getting any better.
I meant no meaness towards the blogger..I actually love him..hes my favorite blogger.
I simply meant to point out why I think the health care system is out of control. I wanted to point the finger at the ins. company and share some examples are insane issues I come across on a daily bases.
Point taken! Now you get a cookie