Can Technology Fix the Health Care System?

I was surfing through my usual tech sites for the latest news when I came across an article on Wired News. It turns out Steve Case is not alone in the quest to fix the health care system. I guess I don't get what the big attraction for these guys are.... I know the US's health care system is messed up, but I'm not sure technology can fix all of the aches, pains and dysfunction in our current system. I don't get why they don't just join a major company's board or start a hip/trendy start-up....

Comments

Absolutely!

[955301]

Sure it can fix healthcare! Just look what it's done for the FAA, Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk, and the myriad of undisclosed technology related disasters to pick from.

We don't have this right yet. Perhaps somewhere else, but definately not in the US. I just left a project where IBM had their weasels walking the halls and inviting executives to the golf course in an effort to grab a sale versus a really good product that specialized in the area my client was purchasing for. We need about another 30 years in this country before anything but specialized systems are applied against healthcare.

Hell, fix the transportation system first and replace cars with PRT's and you'll eliminate a good percent of the hospital visits in the first place.

Re:The problem seems to be Greed...

[Just Another Poster]

Face it: Despite its lip service to christian values, the US is one of the coldest, inhumane countries on this planet, were cristian values are preached but not practised at all.

And heavily-armed tax collectors coercing money from people upon penalty of imprisonment or death is "warm", "humane" and "Christian"?

Is it more "warm", "humane" and "Christian" when the State goes a step further and bans private health care altogether, as is the case in Canada?

Re:The problem seems to be Greed...

[goldspider]

Long ago our country decided that everyone should have the opportunity and responsibility to provide for their own well-being.

Today we have people like you who believe that people should be able to do whatever they want to their bodies and compel the rest of us to pay for their inevitable health problems.

If being angry that my insurance costs pay for people who smoke 3 packs a day, eat fast food 5 times a week, and consider channel-surfing exercise makes me greedy and unsympathetic, then I am proud to be greedy and unsympathetic.