There are many challenges that are defining the future strategic direction of health care such as information technology advancements‚ access to health care‚ maintaining a skilled workforce‚ proposed health care reform and legislation‚ and rising costs. I will look at these challenges and how an organization may adapt its direction and strategies in accordance with these challenges. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 marks a new era in American health care. Yet in many ways‚ this era began more than
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Deanna Kitzke Future Direction of Health Care HCA 421: Health Care Planning and Evaluation Instructor: Michele Reed October 23‚ 2010 Future Direction of Health Care The future direction of health care has begun to make dramatic changes in the last year. With the new Healthcare Reform Bill in effect‚ many of those Americans that do not currently have health care coverage are going to be able to have it now. There has been a lot of controversy over whether or not this bill is a good idea
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Direction of Health Care 1 Future Direction of Health Care Caroline Walker HCA: 421 Health Care Planning & Evaluation Instructor: Debra Storlie October 8‚ 2012 Direction of Health Care 2 For the past 30 years‚ health care spending has risen at a faster rate than
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Strategic Direction The role of strategic direction is to decide the end purpose of the organization. How the organization gets to the “end purpose” is through goals and strategy development (strategic planning). Organizational design functions to carry out the administration and execution of the strategic plan and as such‚ the organizational structure must support the strategic direction. (Daft 54-55). An organization that embarks on an organic open systems strategy that requires learning and
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Challenges in Health Care Maggie Clark HCA 421 September 25‚ 2010 Between health care reform and the sagging economy; health care organizations have to adapt their direction and strategies in order to insure their future. Although these are challenging times they also present great opportunities. If an organization can be highly adaptive then they will have the competitive advantage. In this time of health care reform and legislation organizations need be highly adaptive to change‚ able
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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
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WHY IS IT NESESSARY FOR A FUTURE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TO BE FAMILIAR WITH COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY? Computer technology is a subject matter and a field that continues to increase‚ expand‚ and grow on a daily basis. The use of the internet‚ information technology‚ developed computer software‚ and electronic medical records will continue to play an important role in the health care sector. For this particular reason‚ along with other motives‚ computer technology plays a crucial part on enhancing the
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and Long-Term Care Facilities Laura Wilson HSA 500 Introductions to Health Services Dr. Rhonda Hill February 12‚ 2012 1. I will be describing the difference between nonprofit and for profit hospitals‚ also describing at least three major trends that have occurred within the hospital sector‚ plus describe and differentiate the roles of hospitals and nursing homes in providing long-term care and giving three examples‚ and last critique the current state of long-term care policy in the
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Health Care Challenges Memo Tina Cooper NTC/361 August 18‚ 2014 Bruce Yamashita Health Care Challenges Memo There are many challenges that happen within the health care field. The most important is protecting the patient’s personal information and who is able to access this information. The National Health Information Network (NHIN) was formed to help improve upon the sharing of health care data. This was to help link data together for all involved to keep data secure when transferring over the internet
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Future Trends in Health Care Future Trends in Health Care Justine Hunt HCS/533 September 9‚ 2013 Tonya Cheek Future Trends in Health Care Clinical decisions reflect the electronic world we live in more than ever. The electronic health record (EHR) is quickly replacing the traditional paper chart. In the United States by the 2014‚ medical records will be converted to an EHR. Medical records were converted over a ten- year period in the United Kingdom from traditional charting to EHR. The
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