The Health Care “Information Flood:” Managing More Information is a Competency Meant for Provider Organizations

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

Industry Feature

“Average American Consumes 34 Gigabytes Daily”— it’s a headline in a recent issue of Slate that grabbed my attention. According to a University of California-San Diego study, “How Much Information?: 2009 Report on American Consumers,” our consumption of information has risen 5.4% each year since 1980, a four-fold increase over time. Our 34-gigabyte daily information consumption (from television, computers, books, radio, video games, etc.) speaks to the pressure for increased cognitive functioning among the . . .