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The Healthcare Crisis No One Talks About: It's an IT Problem – Part 3: What If the U.S. Had a Unique Health Identifier System During the Next Pandemic?
It’s 2030. Five years ago, the United States adopted a national Unique Health Identifier (UHI). Every American citizen now has a secure,...
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The Healthcare Crisis No One Talks About: It's an IT Problem – Part 2: What Gets Fixed with a Unique Identifier (And What Doesn’t)
Unique identifiers are the backbone of modern IT systems, enabling accurate, secure, and scalable data integration. In healthcare, their absence leads to duplicate records, billing errors, and dangerous misidentifications. While a national ID won't fix legacy data, it can anchor the future of patient safety, system interoperability, and public health efficiency. Fixing this one issue could unlock a cascade of improvements.
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The Healthcare Crisis No One Talks About: It's an IT Problem - Part 1
America’s healthcare problems aren’t just financial—they’re technical. Without a secure, universal digital identity, patient records are fragmented, fraud runs rampant, and drug safety tracking is unreliable. We fear government overreach, yet freely give our data to private companies. It’s time to build a responsible digital identity system that protects both our health and our privacy.
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