Key Lessons (2)
- For other technologies, national adoption costs more than it saves
- National adoption of all other technologies cost money in net
- CDSS achieves positive cost-benefit for practices with more than six physicians
- Economies of scale vary widely
- CDSS show strong economies of scale, due to the high cost of knowledge management
- Payer technologies show strong economies of scale, due to negotiating leverage of large organizations
- Patient technologies show weak economies of scale, due to high patient associated costs (e.g. individual devices)
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