Former Health IT Coordinator Blumenthal discusses ‘brokenness’ of healthcare

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The reason why the medical profession has been slow to adopt technology at the point of care is that there is an asymmetry of benefits, David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, former national coordinator of health IT, said in an interview published in The Atlantic.

Patients want these benefits, but with high costs and little economic incentive, providers were not motivated to adopt technology like players in other industries, such as the automobile or service industry, for example.

Read the full interview below on the Blumenthal’s views on the next steps for healthcare, from greater EHR adoption to better patient engagement to analytics:

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