So not having the necessary information causes delays in diagnosis, misdiagnoses, burden on the patient and family, and stress on the doctors and nurses. Delayed treatment was published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine and was found to cause three to five times higher expenses when treatment is delayed for patients with autoimmune disease and cancer. And tests are often duplicated in our system, often because the provider just doesn't know the test was done or they don't know where to find the results. (01:10–01:21)
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Asserts that delayed treatment increases expenses three to five times for autoimmune disease and cancer patients.
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