Question

Discuss how moving from paper files to electronic files has created an extra cost to the healthcare system/consumer and also discuss burdens that have come about due to electronic files. Who should absorb the cost of requesting data for e-discovery; the taxpayers, insurance providers, healthcare providers, the plaintiff, etc.? Why?

Answer 1

Electronic health record systems than paper-based have many benefits in quality and cost-effective, prevent medical error. The health care system improves medical practice with practice efficiency and cost savings. It reduces cost by reducing storage, chart work and time consuming and refilling. clinical decision support for the decision-making process for patient care with more knowledge and growth. Computerized physician order entry eliminates potential medical error and improves efficiency and effectiveness care. Health information exchange shares patient-level electronic health information in an organization that results in cost-effective and high-quality care.
burdens due to electronic files include financial burden for adopting electronic service, changes in workflow, loss of productivity associated with EHR adoption, security, privacy concern, a chance for fraud and abuse.
A person involves in a lawsuit can absorb the cost of e-discovery as to warrant cost-shifting. rising e-discovery cost and growing volumes of ESI, the legal team argued reasonable e-discovery parameters reduce legal spending by sharing the cost with opposing parties. discovery supplement response to plaintiff, defendant object to plaintiff request of cost production concluded against in the case that makes more burden. plaintiff discovery request based on documentation for cost breakdown and cost-benefit with alternate search parameter plaintiff response to the discovery request. The defendant can not absorb incredibly expense for production they respond to documents and information response to the plaintiff. The plaintiff has an option to fund the costs for additional e-discovery. providers and consultants not having an understanding and adequate knowledge about the e-discovery process they handover the ESI process to their client for payment.