The two tier market system which set doctor against doctor and hospital against hospital - scrapped.
Now picture a health-care system where a doctor has medical records at his fingertips, can see x-rays with the click of a mouse, is able to learn and apply the latest diagnostic and surgical technique from anywhere in the world.
Whether or not a scan is needed, the system usually pays if a doctor orders it and the scan might help defend the doctor against a malpractice claim.
Despite the chaotic start, he's optimistic that the system will make him a better doctor.
He says that in those countries, the national health system pays damages even if the doctor didn't do anything wrong.
In his excellent piece in the New Yorker this week, Atul Gawande spends some time discussing ICU doctor supervision via the electronic ICU system.
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We will build on those successes by accelerating the move toward an electronic record system, minimizing the numerous administrative requirements at doctor offices, hospitals and insurance companies.
Their health collapses, as does the health-care system that Mr Godwin's mother, a doctor, laboured to create.
"We have searched all medical literature all over the world for any pregnancy that had five multi-transplants and this is the first case to our knowledge, " said the doctor with the University of Miami Health System.
Winston Price, president-elect of the National Medical Association, an African-American physicians group, said that the current system--where patients might go to the doctor but then cannot afford drugs--is akin to sending people upstream in a canoe without a paddle.
And that 10% is not easily noticed by most voters: though the average household spends a fifth of its gross income on health, the lion's share of the fee paid to the doctor is met by the state insurance system and the rest, entirely or very largely, by supplementary private-sector insurance provided by employers and financed through payroll deductions.
Traces of the measles virus were found in Michelle's gut, leading the Oxford University-trained doctor to conclude the girl's immune system had not rejected the virus.
Dr Jefferies said the new system was safer and enabled patients to get contact with their doctor on the same day.
According to a Baylor Health Care System study, it takes an average 134 hours for a doctor to prepare for an electronic health record.
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Most people have extra private insurance to cover areas that are not eligible for reimbursement by the public health insurance system and many make out of pocket payments to see a doctor.
He was also barred from practicing as a sports doctor for four years, but under the Spanish legal system his jail term will be suspended.
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He said a reformed system must include access for everyone, the freedom to choose your doctor, and the freedom for doctors to provide the best possible care.
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Third thing we're trying to do is to try to reduce costs overall because the system -- how many of you, you go into the doctor's office, you fill out a form, you get a checkup, you go fill out another form, somebody else asks you for the form you just filled out.
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Dr Muirhead claimed the new system, manned by non-clinical staff rather than a nurse or doctor used by the current Shropdoc service, would err on the side of caution.
Maheshwari had to wait too long to get his toddler into a doctor and realized there was a big opportunity to correct a system in which medical attention often required the long wait and expense of a nearby emergency room.
The ARTAS system itself is only used to extract the individual hair follicles under guidance of a doctor using computer imaging.
In the light of its findings, Doctor has pledged to launch a campaign for a complete overhaul of the system and has said it will be targeting health ministers, MPs and GP organisations.
The British Medical Association favours a system of no fault compensation under which damages can be paid to a patient without a doctor being blamed.
At the end of the call the system recommends the best course of action, which might be a call back from a doctor, an appointment or a 999 call to the ambulance service.
Rather than simply doing away with the deductions that caused the problems and reforming the rates to maintain progressivity, Congress thought a much more convoluted solution was just what the doctor ordered, adding an additional layer of complexity that has plagued the tax system since its inception.
Dr Legrand, however, has developed an evolution-based system that co-evolves several channels at a time, allowing a patient to tell his doctor how each pattern of electrode stimulation is faring.
After an initial evaluation, your doctor may refer you to a doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions that affect the brain and nervous system (neurologist).
Moved by the pain and suffering of terminally ill patients, the doctor gave up his job as an anaesthetist to set up a ground-breaking palliative care system that has now spread across the state.
The doctor sits in a lead-lined cockpit, in a comfortable chair, and remotely controls the robotic system as it implants the balloon or stent catheters into the patient.
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