Health secretary pushing for price compare Web site, electronic records
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana consumers should be able to search for hospitals and health centres in the same way they shop for cars, with a comparison of quality and performance, said of the state of care Health chief.
The health and hospitals, general secretary of State Alan Levine wants lawmakers to adopt the “consumers of health care in Louisiana Right to Know” law, it would be a state-run site-depending on the quality of data the health care providers.
Persons older than submit to the transaction should be able to search for data on complications, mortality, the rate of wound and post-infection to know what hospital or clinic they visit, “said Levine .
“Conduisent really improve transparency. It is a double impact. Number one, by giving consumers the right to see the results, the number two, and then it’s reader supplier to try to improve their performance because Are they know that the public “Levine said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The secretary of Health scheduled an announcement of the proposal today at a press conference held in Lake Charles. Legislator would have to consider the proposal - sponsored by Sen. Willie Mount, D-Lake Charles - as part of the regular activities of the legislative procedure session begins Monday and will run until June lot.
Levine, a former secretary of Health, in Florida, Louisiana, said the proposal is consistent with the model of a website of Florida online for about two years.
This site provides a comparison care facilities, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, health insurance and prescription medicines. It also provides information on the nature of health problems and offers sites for health care facilities around the state.
The owner of a small restaurant in Tallahassee, Florida, Levine, he said the website of Florida, help them compare insurance plans for the two managers of the restaurant. He said he intends to commence the website of the Louisiana comparison with the data for hospitals, and later to develop day for adults also care facilities, clinics, the elderly and homes care and insurance.
He compared the idea of a car, where a buyer can not compare the interior space, the price of fuel and the economy.
“We can all information about the car you want to buy, but you talk about confidence in an institution care a loved one who undergo surgery under general anesthesia. What is this institution in a position prevent infection? ” Levine said.
Even today, Levine reveal plans for a new electronic system for medicines verschreibenden of Louisiana’s Medicaid program, which covers the poor, elderly and the disabled patients.
The secretary of health, 500 doctors, who are among the biggest prescribers of drugs in the state Medicaid program, which the handheld PDA access to a central database of Medicaid. When prescribing medication, doctors able to quickly review what other patients likely to have rules.
Levine said Tuesday, the legislature could contribute to patient safety, improve, taking care not doctors prescribe drugs, interactions with any other evil to the same patients, and may help patients more in addition to the same rules of several doctors.
“This is a very serious to us, which will help avoid this is often called” doctor-shopping, “he said.
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