74884256 Healthcare 5 10 and 15 years from now 1 
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Healthcare 5, 10, and 15 years from now
Given the rapid changes in the world today, global healthcare and the United States in particular is expected to change over the next two decades. Since the year 1994, a period that witnessed the failure of healthcare reforms, there has been an escalation in cost coupled with poor quality. Moreover, more Americans have become uninsured.
With the healthcare sector in the US facing different hurdles and impediments, the next five years will see the whole system seeking to address the escalating demands from the patients and from the regulators and even the consumers, more so for cost and other innovations (Zywlak, 2010). The presence and the incorporation of EHRs (electronic health records) is bound to increase over the next decade. The incorporation of EHRs will rapidly transform the implementation of healthcare in the US (David & Don, 2007). The researchers endeavouring to maximize the influence of EHRs are faced with two hurdles. First and foremost, serious evaluations of the EHR initiatives are significant but not easy to achieve (David & Don, 2007). Second is the fact that it is incumbent upon the researchers to determine ways of taking full advantage of the ability to create and use new knowledge made possible by EHRs.
In the event that those supporting reforms succeed then the next fifteen years would be similar to the past 15 years. The outcome is obvious: rising cost of healthcare which omits more people (Furnas, 2009). Just as it is the case today, most businesses will suffer from the escalating costs, more states will use more money for safety nets, and more so for the uninsured. This entire system will promote excessive spending while failing to meet the demands of the people.
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David, L & Don, D. (2007). Research Challenges for Electronic Health Records. American Journal of Preventive Medicine; May2007 Supplement, Vol. 32, pS104-S111,
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Healthcare 5, 10, and 15 years from now
Given the rapid changes in the world today, global healthcare and the United States in particular is expected to change over the next two decades. Since the year 1994, a period that witnessed the failure of healthcare reforms, there has been an escalation in cost coupled with poor quality. Moreover, more Americans have become uninsured.
With the healthcare sector in the US facing different hurdles and impediments, the next five years will see the whole system seeking to address the escalating demands from the patients and from the regulators and even the consumers, more so for cost and other innovations (Zywlak, 2010). The presence and the incorporation of EHRs (electronic health records) is bound to increase over the next decade. The incorporation of EHRs will rapidly transform the implementation of healthcare in the US (David & Don, 2007). The researchers endeavouring to maximize the influence of EHRs are faced with two hurdles. First and foremost, serious evaluations of the EHR initiatives are significant but not easy to achieve (David & Don, 2007). Second is the fact that it is incumbent upon the researchers to determine ways of taking full advantage of the ability to create and use new knowledge made possible by EHRs.
In the event that those supporting reforms succeed then the next fifteen years would be similar to the past 15 years. The outcome is obvious: rising cost of healthcare which omits more people (Furnas, 2009). Just as it is the case today, most businesses will suffer from the escalating costs, more states will use more money for safety nets, and more so for the uninsured. This entire system will promote excessive spending while failing to meet the demands of the people.
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David, L & Don, D. (2007). Research Challenges for Electronic Health Records. American Journal of Preventive Medicine; May2007 Supplement, Vol. 32, pS104-S111,
References: David, L & Don, D. (2007). Research Challenges for Electronic Health Records. American Journal of Preventive Medicine; May2007 Supplement, Vol. 32, pS104-S111, 0p Furnas, B. (2009). American Health Care since 1994: The Unacceptable Status Quo. 2009. < http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/report/2009/01/08/5465/american-health-care-since-1994-the-unacceptable-status-quo/> January 8, 2009. Zywlak, W. (2010). U.S. HEALTHCARE WORKFORCESHORTAGES: HIT STAFF. 2010. < http://www.himss.org/content/files/csc_us_healthcare_workforce_shortages_hit.pdf> July 2010.