In the Crosshairs: Georgia Healthcare
The state of Georgia spends a lot of money on healthcare per year—over 40 Billion dollars per year to be exact. This, though is not strange—healthcare costs are increasing nationwide. Georgia, though, is well above the national average in its growing healthcare costs (they are growing at about 10% per year). To further confound the problems in Georgia, their health insurance problems have reach critical levels. Over 1.7 million people in Georgia have no health insurance. Since 2000, the percentage of Georgia residents with health insurance has dropped steadily, with them now over 10% below the national average. 2 out of 3 people in Georgia do not have private healthcare.
Georgia Lt. Governor Casey Cagle has this to say about Georgia healthcare going forward:
"We need to pursue incremental changes that gradually lower the cost of health care, limit its tendency to increase in cost exponentially, and make it possible for every Georgian to understand the importance of being insured and purchase affordable insurance products."
So where does Mobile Health Records come in? Well, this is exactly our goal—set the trajectory for lower health costs by establishing a baseline for electronic healthcare. Our low cost, low impact, high ROI Smart Card solution helps modernize healthcare without an overhaul to medical practices—we are the first step to a better tomorrow. We present the lowest possible barrier to entry into electronic healthcare and provide the first step to digitizing health records—all the while adding great value to clinical practices.
