Healthation, a company based in Darien, Illinois, innovative software created for the administration of health care and the redivision process instantly patient information between providers, insurance companies and employers.
administration software is called AcceleHealth and the new information sharing system is known as exchange information name
all starts when a patient receives care in a health care provider -. for example a routine check to the doctor's office. Through Healthation technology, the patient can pay for the service right then.
As transactions on an ATM, the patient can see the details of electronic payments.
" The exchange some work as a scholarship in that it uses a common technology platform to process health care transactions and route information, " wrote Chicago Sun-Times .
in the currency of information exchange, patients will receive health care scores - similar to the way credit ratings to determine the interest rate of a person. Hence, patients can be penalized or rewarded for the good conduct of health care.
This means that it will be in the hands of the patient to choose their health care service. Under this system, they will choose the most efficient and effective medical services or health care score could suffer.
" So if a consumer usually chooses the prescription of a" Mercedes when a cheaper generic version is available, he or she will pay more out of pocket, "wrote the Sun-Times article.
But very few companies use Healthation technology, and that kind of drastic overhaul of the system can take up to 10 years to implement.
Yet it may be the model for a future health care system in the US
"it is a model much like any other retail market. Today, buyers know that the retailer is and how it performs, and they pay for their purchase over the counter, "said CEO Scott Kornhauser of Healthation.
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