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In reference to State of Wisconsin disease surveillance around H1N1: “It is an exciting experience to apply real-time HIE information to help make a high-consequence public health decision. The kind of thing we dreamed about ten years ago is finally happening.”
“Every time we look at data from another source, we save $400 because we are not duplicating what has been done.” (One of Whitcomb’s patients set a record last year, going to various emergency rooms for seven CT scans and five ultrasounds. At $3,500 to $4,000 for a CAT scan and $2,000 to $3,000 for an ultrasound, the testing totaled at least $34,500.)
"WHIE has made an incredible impact on my practice. The information shared has decreased patient's time in my ED. This information has also decreased the amount of studies that I have ordered. This shared information has helped with consistency of care within the city of Milwaukee."
“Our group's experience as part of the WHIE ED Linking pilot program at St. Francis has been overwhelmingly positive. The impact on quality of care and conservation of resources is undeniable. In fact, over the past several weeks I have been inundated with requests from my partners to have this tool available for Franklin's ED.”
"More importantly, partnerships such as ours help improve the health of the community as a whole addressing key problems facing our health care system: fragmentation of medical history, waste accrued through repetitive testing and an inability to provide a community-wide solution to care coordination. Not only do providers and patients benefit, but payers realize a positive ROI.