The goal for workers' compensation is to seamlessly process workers' compensation information from its initial reporting source, whether that is the employer, insurance company, claimant or medical provider. Reliable data is used to identify the causes and extent of work place injuries and illness and can be used by employers to reduce the incidence and severity of industrial injury and illness. Comparable data can be used by law makers to draw comparisons across jurisdictional lines and measure the impact of legislative and regulatory reform.
Reliable data can determine and measure cost drivers in the system.
Electronic Data Interchange equates to all of these.