Several years ago, in an effort to better
monitor medical records, the country started moving from a paper-based
medical records system to an electronically based medical records
system.
However, the system is not
uniform, requires doctors to enter duplicate information and hasn’t
done much in the way of improving the medical system, says Rae-Claire
Johnson. Johnson is the founder of CareCk, a Mid-Michigan-based medical
records company that could revolutionize the medical records industry.
Johnson
has created a bio-ID system that would give patients and their doctors
access to medical records via a patient’s thumb print. Every time the
patient sees any doctor for any ailment, their vitals, medicine,
procedures and treatments would be logged in the system, preventing
patients and doctors from filling out redundant paperwork.
The
system also crosschecks current medications with new prescriptions and
warns the patient and doctor about any potentially hazardous
combinations.
“We know who you are
electronically,” Johnson says. “We know who rendered care and we’ve
simplified data input by providing a very easy way to document the
encounter. It will take a doctor less than 1.5 minutes to document your
information.”
The big draw to the system is
that it has the potential to save lives and money. Sixty-one cents of
every health care dollar goes to overhead, fraud, abuse and
administration, Johnson says. Increasing efficiency within the system
will greatly increase the amount of money actually spent on patient
care.
“In Lansing, we expect the
community—if everyone is on the system—the community should see a $180
million savings in health care expenses every year,” she says.
Johnson,
who is based out of Florida, initially decided to launch CareCk in
Lansing because it’s close to her family. However, she says the area
gives her access to several large health care companies. She is looking
for office space and working to get 75,000 pledges from potential
clients by this fall.
Source: Rae-Claire Johnson, CareCk
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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