The imperative for change in health care delivery. An ophthalmologist's viewpoint.
The increasing cost of American health care necessitates major adjustments in the systems for providing that care. Computerization has the potential for facilitating efficient, affordable, and high-quality care while maintaining a fee-for-service system. The development of model delivery systems for health care should receive research funding from private and government sources. For ophthalmology, a paradigm for technology-dependent specialties, mechanisms to streamline eye care are being explored via a nonprofit foundation.
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D002202:Capital Financing; D003201:Computers; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D009885:Ophthalmology; D010865:Pilot Projects