Article: MGMA launches Project SwipeIT; Calls For Industry Wide Adoption Of Standardized, Machine-Readable Patient ID Cards

The Medical Group Management Association issued the following news release:

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has launched an aggressive industry wide effort calling on health insurers, vendors and health care providers to initiate processes to adopt standardized, machine-readable patient ID cards by Jan. 1, 2010.

MGMA publicly invites insurers, vendors and providers to visit www.SwipeIT.org for more information and to pledge their commitment to helping advance the use of this technology.

"We're launching Project SwipeIT because the adoption of this technology is long overdue," said William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, president and CEO of MGMA. "Our health care system wastes ...

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