A Guide for Professionals - New Book in Resource Center 6. Health Care Spends Less on Technology 7. She has been an advocate for privacy legislation throughout her career in both the academic and public policy venues, and testifies frequently to the U.S. Congress on the topic. The survey revealed that 90 percent of respondents have started adopting a systems approach, with 48 percent reporting full compliance, and that 88 percent have made progress establishing a non-punitive environment, with 47 percent reporting full implementation. The Consortium's DRG Charge Analysis Reports are useful tools for hospital managers to examine hospital's services, monitor changes in patient length of stay, and to compare hospital charges to other hospitals within each DRG, across all hospital departments.
Reports are available for every acute-care hospital in Massachusetts.
He outlines what he perceives to be the technologies and innovations necessary to achieving these goals. He emphasizes the absolute need for transaction standards in achieving privacy goals, citing an estimate that there are currently no fewer that 400 separate code sets for health care transactions. Secondly, he sees disclosure tracking systems as an important step for establishing accountability as medical records in electronic form become a necessity. A Guide for Health Professionals . 2nd ed., by Robert Kiley, has recently been acquired by the Consortium's Resource Center and may be borrowed by members.