...As the basic needs for cost, quality and access continue to rise, how do you see the future of health care? What long term strategies do we need to have in place to assure our healthcare success as a nation? In the future of health care, I believe that there will be some extrodinary change. Firstly, in the U.S, if the Affordable Healthcare Act goes well, many citizens will be beneficial. The citizens that do not afford to buy health insurance can now have health insurance; the health insurance can no longer discriminated the people who have the history medical; the citizens can afford to pay the medical payment and enjoy the high quality health service; Medicaid would be expanded to cover everyone whose income is below 150 percent of the poverty line, or about $33,000 per year for a family of four. Besides, the patients can take on a larger and more active role in managing their wellness and health. In the past, healthcare has been a top-down proposition, with the physician at the top as sole authority instructing the patient . Of course, in the future, I am pretty sure that the technology will be more advanced. Then the earlier detector will work well. With new detection technologies, serious conditions such as glaucoma, diabetes and digestive system problems can be mitigated. Thirdly, high-tech healing can significantly boost outcomes and quality of life. Even though there are may be many long term strategies that can help assure our healthcare success as a nation, in...
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...no surprise that personal health records; also known as PHRs, are coming to the forefront of health care. Much like the cell phone, personal health records are a great communication tool. Wager, Wickham Lee, and Glaser (2009), define a personal health record as “An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be drawn from multiple sources while being managed, shared, and controlled by the individual” (Wager, Wickham Lee, & Glaser, 2009, p. 5). In short, a personal health record is an electronic record of a persons health history. A record that the individual can access from practically anywhere; home, office, or even their own cell phone, anytime, day or night. Anywhere you can access the mainframe database from, you can access your information.Personal health records work by transmitting an individual’s health records to a centralized databank, also sometimes referred to as a health record bank. Each respective health care provider, whether it be a doctor, dentist, pharmacist, dietician, fitness instructor, or even the school nurse, would have access to the individual’s health record bank where they would record their interaction with that individual, and would also be able to check their diagnosis and prescription requests against those of the individual’s other health care providers. Personal health records work by transmitting an individual’s health records to a centralized databank...
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...Future Trends in Health Care Introduction The wave of the future of health care seems limitless. We will be taking a look at the “future trends in health care. We will also include an assessment of how the Internet, or any other form of electronic communications, may be used as an external delivery source in communicating patient-specific information. We will address the impact of distance delivery on health care. Also, we will consider the use of e-mail, telemedicine, and the electronic transfer of records. Lastly, we will share our assessment of how these issues impact health care today and how they might impact health care five years from now” (Syllabus, 2014). Future Trends in Health Care A study was done to “ascertain the future need for and focus of doctoral health education, particularly in relation to the importance of interdisciplinary instruction, research preparation, and program delivery modality” (Leja, 2002, pp. 1). The results showed that there are fundamental changes coming in how health care provision is done and the delivery of health care information. Currently, there is a “misalignment in the current training and education of students in the health care professions with the demands of the newly emerging health care systems” (Leja, 2002, pp. 1). External Delivery Sources In the 1990’s, health care changes resulted in dramatic changes in which health services are delivered. The financial, legal, and organizational structures have been turned into systems...
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...address on June 25, 1963 in the assembly hall at Paulskirche in Frankfurt, Germany said: "For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." Health care technology has come a long way from the past, the present, and is definitely moving on into the future. It seems that only yesterday many of our parents were watching the "Six million dollar man" and "Bionic Woman" on television and "Robocop" on the big screen with all this innovative medical technology leaving them in total awe. For the younger generation there is the futuristic equipment used by Dr. "Bones" McCoy in the Star Trek TV series and movies. Little did those who watched the films and TV shows then, know that all of these "ahead of its time paraphernalia" would soon become part of their everyday lives. Future of Health Care Technology Advancement in health care technology is moving at a very fast pace in the world today and there are no signs that in the future it would slow down. Computers have provided technological advancements in every field, but in the field of medicine, this advancement has been very noticeable. Many have been witness to the numerous changes in health care technology in the last decades. Patients have noticed how with special software now available used to create and maintain paperless medical records has allowed for the immediate access to all their medical history. In the office...
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...Future Direction of Health Care There are many challenges the health care system faces in the future. In moving forward in a strategic direction challenges they face are: access to health care, technology advancements, maintaining a skilled workforce, health care reform, legislation, and rising costs. These areas present challenges and there is much need for changes and reforms. In this paper I will address five areas with challenges in health care and strategies organizations can adapt to take a strategic direction. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 marks a new era in American health care. This act will begin to have a positive effect on families, business owners, and their employees. It reduces the price of premiums through tax relief. Policy makers have long struggled with ways to make health care costs affordable and still provide quality care. Physicians are concerned over the high costs of health care and that it “is not correlated with high quality and efficiency in the delivery of services or improved health outcomes”. (Moseley, 2009, p.1). Proposed budget cuts to academic medicine propose challenges. Prevention interventions are a choice to improvement of health care reform. Reforms should be focused on the issue of coverage, increase value, increase quantity, with a major focus on keeping the population healthy. Over time the goal should be to improve on the health care bill through performance measurement, regulation of costs, expansion of coverage,...
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...What does the future of health care hold? Many of our top politicians and physicians are asking the very same thing. Technology and pharmaceuticals are changing the face of healthcare and how treatment will be given and paid for. More surgeries are now being performed in outpatient clinics than ever before. CDC (2004) writes “The growth in ambulatory surgery has been influenced by improvements in anesthesia and analgesia and by the development of noninvasive or minimally invasive techniques. Procedures that formerly required a few weeks of convalescence now require only a few days (pg. 9 para2)". Hospitals are treating more of the terminally/chronically ill patients; more and complex procedures and treatments are now being performed in outpatient clinics. What changes are coming with the Patient Protection and Accountability Care Act? Will the future of Health care hold up? The delivery of Health Care is fast changing from inpatient admissions to outpatient surgery and clinics. Technology is fast acting and now with tele-doctor, digital diagnosis, electronic records are fast becoming the norm soon we will be able to scan records and compare symptoms to diseases and effective treatments. You will truly be able to put a dollar amount on your health care treatment that you are receiving. Patients are also beginning to use technology with sites like American Medical Association, Mayo Clinic and Medline Plus and are researching their own symptoms and diseases. Patients are engaging...
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...Future Trends in Health Care Chrisitna Gallas HCS/ 533 Steven Fowler April 28, 2014 Future Trends in Health Care The delivery of healthcare services is administered by a multiplicity of variances of different health care providers integrated to provide individualized services to the consumer of healthcare services. The healthcare system has undergone new forms of legislation and changes in billing practices, healthcare technology has innovated to support new improvements in quality, financial, and legislative regulations. The health care industry is intent on embracing new healthcare technologies, as well as new innovations in medicine, which precipitates the entire healthcare system. The healthcare system is great advocates through the past and present of healthcare technology to create a safe, quality-driven, individualized, and cost-efficient healthcare system. Additionally, over the past twenty to thirty years, the use of technology has allowed the patient and medical professionals to be able to endure several changes, not only in the medical field, but, in the patient’s environment also. Healthcare technology has evolved in such a manner that the individual is able to see the transformation in the organization through enhancement of workflow and operations. The decision-making process in the organization is also supported by innovations in healthcare technology, as more research can be supported through the internet which has increased in use over the past...
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...Future Trends in Health Care Charles addresses trends of health care delivery and innovations in electronic communications throughout this paper. The review completed by Charles Griggs explores four specific areas of interest. The first concern determines ways to improve electronic communication of patient information effectively as an external delivery method to health care providers, patients, and insurance payors. The second issue addresses distant delivery of health care information, and the third issue analyzes the effect that electronic communications have on the delivery of health care. The fourth issue determines a projection of the benefits that electronic delivery of health care information bears on future trends in health care. Applying Electronic Communications to Patient Information In considering the appropriate method of transmitting electronic patient information through electronic delivery methods organizations must determine: a. The parties involved in the interchange of patient information. b. The type of information appropriate for electronic transmission communication. Furthermore, in determining the type of information requested for transmission organizations must know the purpose of submitting patient information electronically. Organizations that transmit electronic records have the right to know the intent, and the legal steps that the requesting organization takes to protects/disposes of records at the end of the record lifecycle. Third party-requestors...
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...Future Trends in Health Care: Mental Health Kelley Fox HCS/533 April 8th 2013 Marc Magill Future Trends in Health Care: Mental Health Access to care is a key determinant in a community’s health, rural communities have less access to health care because of provider availability, distance to travel, and financial constraints (Health Service Research & Development, 2010). The rural communities have an even greater disparity concerning access to mental health, studies show they are 63% less likely to receive general mental health services (Health Service Research & Development, 2010) Telemental health could help fill in the gaps left by poor access to mental health, decreasing the need for individuals to seek services outside their communities, increasing the likelihood of treatment, and decreasing the inequities of mental health treatment options and access. Telemental Health Use and Considerations Telemental health (TMH) services can be easily set up at a community health center, school, doctor’s office, and in some cases an individual’s home. According to the American Tele Medicine Association (2013), this service is either contracted through urban healthcare facilities, privately found online, or through companies that hire mental health providers and facilitate conferencing set-up. After a provider is found the contracted company or facility where TMH will be provided will need to set up a computer with professional quality cameras, audio equipment, and video...
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...The Future Challenges for Health Care Management Name Institutional Affiliation The Future Challenges for Health Care Management Introduction Health care is one of the fundamental aspects of a developed country given that it is a requirement of every single citizen. Many countries over the world exhibit a similarity in the managing health care. Modern health care management systems result from past strategies that were implemented to address past challenges. It is therefore misleading for health care managers to think that the future is going to be stable. Apparently, health care management is facing many challenges that call for proactive approaches in addressing those problems at present and in the future. The aim of this paper is to discuss the future challenges facing health care management. Past researches indicate a change in the demographics, particularly an increase of the elderly. As of 1990, the elderly hit 31.2 million and increased to 35 million by 2000. According to statistics collected in 2010 in US, the number of the aged reached close to 40.3 million people accounting to 13% of the whole population. Future projections indicate that this group of people will hit close to 88.5 million accounting for 20% of the US population by the year 2050. This increase presents economic challenges bearing in mind that the elderly are prone to chronic illnesses. Chronic diseases are expensive to treat and therefore the health care management needs to inject more financial resources...
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...number is forecasted with no change in economic stimulus such as jobs or health care cost increases. If adding these two factors, the statistical numbers can be staggering. Health Care trends The health care trends for the underinsured or uninsured suggest this vulnerable population will not seek preventative care due to the personal financial impact. This vulnerable group will seek treatment for the common cold, flu to chronic illness through emergency room departments and then wait for relapses before seeking additional treatment or follow up treatment. The health care trends that often plague the uninsured or underinsured population resulted from preventative health care measures. This could have been treated through preventative health care measures, but for uninsured populations, preventative measures are not affordable. Other health trends for this population include mental health and substance abuse, cardiac conditions, pneumonia and diabetes. In identifying health trends for the underinsured or uninsured all point back to preventative measures that could have saved both the consumer and medical facilities hundreds to thousands of dollars. Health Care Services Health care services are used due to the diagnosis of the medical condition. Statistically, underinsured or uninsured populations do not have the means to afford preventative health care which begins a trickle up affect from minor health or illness issue to chronic disease or...
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...Future Trends in Health Care Your Name HCS/533 10 February 2014 Professor Here Future Trends in Health Care Electronic health records have become more prevalent in the current health care system than it was 10 years ago. Electronic health records were not used to the extent it is today for patient documentation. Without the advancement in electronic medical records, most of the information that is transferred so easily to other providers would not be able to happen. Electronic Health Records (EHR) is the quintessence of a trend changing the health care system. Because more medical facilities are adopting the use of electronic health records, members are receiving faster more efficient care whereas the medical facility is saving money. EHRs are “digital repositories of patient data accessible to multiple stakeholders” that include “patient’s health history, medical conditions, test and treatments, medication, demographics” and other pertinent information about the patient (Otto & Nevo, 2013. p. 165). Electronic health records eliminate misplacement of documents, destruction of the documents via handling, and to retrieve documents for continuity of care providers needed to seek information from multiple places. EHRs streamline processes; place the information in...
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...The Future Challenges Facing Health Care in the United States Gregrey McDaniel Professor: Manuel Johnican, PhD Strayer University HSA 500 11 June 2011 Identify and describe at least three of the most difficult issues facing health care in the United States today. One of the most difficult issues facing the United States health care system is combating diseases. Even with mortality rates continuing to decrease and with life expectancy rates continuing to increase, these trends are masking concerns with specific diseases, injuries, and population groups. The diseases that still give us a formidable challenge include many varieties of cancer, some kinds of infectious diseases, and influenza. The second difficult issue is health disparities. These disparities are widespread. Differences in how patients receive treatment and the access to treatment are measurable through financial, physical, and attitudinal indicators. Disparities affect all groups of our population. These disparities are related to race, sex, language, genetics, age, and income. We all could benefit from a more efficient system which removes or minimalizes disparities. The third difficult issue facing the health care system in the United States is paying for health care. In the United States, we have had insurance as the biggest payer of health care for many years. There has been evolution in the types of insurance and how they manage aspects of the business. Insurance companies have been held...
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... Daniel Kraft, in his 2011 talk “Medicine’s Future? There’s an app for that.”, briefly mentions numerous innovations that are beginning to enter the healthcare arena. From robotic surgery to e-legs, healthcare providers are starting to use technological advances to improve the lives of the patients they serve, and with research into stem cells and 3d organ printing are envisioning what the future may hold. Microsoft Kinect is one such innovation that has begun to change the way many areas of healthcare is practiced and as more innovations emerge will continue to play a role in the changing face of healthcare. Introduced to the public in 2010, Microsoft Kinect is a wireless game controller that allows humans to interact with their computers using movements, gestures and voice commands (Terry). Released as an attachment to a video game, its potential in health care became evident quickly. Surgeons at a hospital in Toronto began using the system to scroll through digital images allowing them to see these images without ruining their sterile field, saving time and decreasing the chance of infection (Perry). In 2011 Microsoft introduced a free software developer kit (SDK) for Kinect which allows developers to build software applications (apps) and made these apps available at the Windows store (Jackson). As a result of these apps, Microsoft Kinect reach into healthcare arena is leaving the operating room. Mental health counsellors are using it to...
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...The Future Challenges Facing Health Care in the United States Liz M. Santiago Dr. Watson HSA 500 March 11, 2012 Identify and describe at least three of the most difficult issues facing health care in the United States today. Our health care system is complex in the way it is setup and the way it operates. There are many key issues that face the health care system in the United States today. Three of the most difficult issues include diseases, health disparities and paying for health care. As we are capable of preventing diseases through preventive medicine and advanced technology, the mortality rate of the United States will continue to decline. Although this may be true, macro trends such as illnesses, diseases, injuries, and population groups are of concern. “Differential morbidity and mortality between men and women, among different ethnic groups, in different age groups within the population, by geographic region, and in other important population comparisons raise red flags about our limited successes for certain populations, and the challenges that we face” (Torrens & Williams, 2009). Health concerns such as hypertension, obesity, injuries and chronic diseases surround individuals in the United States today, regardless of their race, gender, income status or geographical location. Although a steady income, health insurance and access to care may exist for some individuals across the United States, health disparities are still...
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