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45,000,000 Americans without health insurance in 2007.
$300 Billion Possible annual savings on healthcare spending with electronic and protocol efficiencies.
$600 Billion Additional U.S. government spending needed to fund health care this year.
$1.65 Trillion Annual cost of treating chronic and complex health conditions in the U.S.
$2.2 Trillion U.S. healthcare spending in 2007.
82 Percent Percentage of doctors whose experience with electronic medical records had positive effects on the quality of clinical decisions.
$116 Billion Cost of diabetes-related medical care.
23,600,000 Number of Americans living with diabetes.
$60 Billion Estimated amount Medicare and Medicaid lose to fraud each year.
17 years Time it takes medical research to become medical practice.
75 Percent Percentage of total health care spending on chronic and complex conditions.
902,000,000 Number of doctor's office visits Americans make each year.
$147 Billion Estimated annual medical cost of obesity.
17 Percent Percentage of hospitals that manage prescriptions electronically.
70 Percent Percent of underinsured women who reported cost-related problems in getting necessary care.
$475 Billion Estimated cost of cardiovascular diseases and stroke in the United States in 2009.
192,370 Estimated new breast cancer cases in 2009.
30 Number of states where the childhood obesity rate exceeds 30 percent
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