Mitochon was the brainchild of Dr. Andre Vovan, currently the Director of Critical Care at a large, premiere, Southern California hospital and an expert in creating systems of coordinated care that not only improve outcome, but also decrease cost by sharing information. In 2002, using a word document, shared drive and process re-engineering, he was able to reduce mortality in the critical care unit by 40% with minimal additional cost.His experience formed his belief that if health care providers can freely capture clinical information and share them with each other in a timely manner, better decisions and outcomes will result.If we are to improve health and lower cost, Health IT such as EMR/EHR and the ability to connect the providers to share information must be affordable, accessible and available to 100% of physicians and other providers.
