Healthcare in the United States results in over 1.2 trillion dollars in wasteful spending every year. 17 billion dollars of that is do to medical errors that should be easily prevented by well designed Knowledge system. The system in hospital would be able to produce reports on each patient that walks through the door which could minimize duplicate test and less paper work for the patient on arrival. Also instead of doctors hand writing prescriptions they would type it into the system which would minimize errors on incorrect dosages which occur too often and can result in death. Reducing errors in the medical community would also reduce the amount of malpractice suits which is a larger part of the waste as well. With hospitals able to share information instantly this would allow faster diagnosis and less questions for the patient and less chance for error due to leaving out information that the patient may believe is insignificant.
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