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The authors, in a back-of-the-napkin calculation, figure that access to care, electronic prescribing, and encouraging patient self-management are more than twice as cost-effective as the components devoted to tracking data.
They are too modest. I would put the cost-benefit ratio as 100-to-1. Maybe 1000-to-1.
I have a well-run private practice. Patients are seen the same day if necessary or desired--...
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