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<br /> ncsiays Page II of 16 <br /> <br /> <br /> the universal healthcare provision fund healthcare pay-outs <br /> <br /> reserve. Part of the purpose of the reserve fund is to <br /> <br /> provide retraining grants. The other part is for <br /> healthcare related contingencies to build capital <br /> <br /> improvement support funding; <br /> <br /> (14) "Fiscal firewall" - medically necessary is the operative <br /> <br /> term throughout Hawaii's single-payer universal healthcare <br /> system; but, nowhere more so than in regard to the funding <br /> <br /> of the system. The autonomous authority oversees and <br /> <br /> maintains the universal healthcare provision fund, which is <br /> <br /> completely independent of the state budget; <br /> (15) "Central unified electronic health information system <br /> <br /> database" The State of Hawaii single-payer universal <br /> <br /> healthcare insurance system collects and maintains in real- <br /> <br /> time an up-to-the-minute single central database for <br /> comprehensive, complete, and accurate electronic healthcare <br /> <br /> information. This is a very significant major source of <br /> <br /> savings and cost-containment which makes the low-cost <br /> financing of comprehensive single-payer universal <br /> <br /> healthcare possible. This unified high-tech health <br /> <br /> information system, for instance, enables: <br /> <br /> (A) Accurate future projections; <br /> (B) Unprecedented planning and cost-containment <br /> <br /> capabilities; <br /> <br /> (C) Early detection of medical mistakes, malpractice and <br /> <br /> fraud; and <br /> (D) Early system-wide sharing of emerging "best <br /> <br /> practices"; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2007/Bills/HB 1598_.htm 1/9/2008 <br />