Rebuilding the Tower of Babel: A CEO’s Perspective on Health Information Exchanges
The United States has the greatest shortage of healthcare professionals in its history. This is compounded with an increasing number of geriatric patients. There was only one geriatrician per 5,000 Americans over 65 in 2005, and only nine out of the 145 medical school’s training programs were geared towards geriatricians. The industry will be short over 200,000…