Software developers at the Wright State Research Institute have developed a system that may dramatically streamline Social Security disability claims.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) evaluates an individual’s claim for disability benefits; the system will soon use electronic medical records to reduce the decision time from 100 days or more to as little as 48 hours. Researchers at Wright State have dubbed their health information exchange \u201cHealthLink.\u201d They developed it under a $750,000 contract with the SSA. The agency awarded a total of $17.4 million in contracts to 15 health care companies for electronic medical records as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe use of Health IT will dramatically improve the speed, accuracy and efficiency of this process, reducing the cost of making a disability decision for both the medical community and the American taxpayer,\u201d said SSA commissioner Michael J. Astrue.<\/p>\n
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