Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
Healthcare Challenges
Technology is one of the main drivers of change in healthcare, and it is up to healthcare organizations to join the rest of the world in adopting new technologies to run their industry better. In most industries, something like electronic record keeping has been done for decades and nobody was wringing their hands about it. It is absurd that this is even an issue for healthcare companies. The best thing is to stop talking about this as if it is an "issue" or a "challenge," and just get it done. If you were to design the health care system from scratch, of course everything would be electronic. The development and adoption of these technologies will improve the quality of healthcare immensely, so the only real question is not how will this challenge affect healthcare, but how quickly can healthcare get its act together and join the 21st century. In addition to setting up EMH systems, resources will need to be dedicated to training employees on how to maximize these systems. Younger workers will be fine, but it sounds like some folks can barely turn on a computer and will be a real barrier to change, posing great challenge for management. For healthcare providers, there is the risk that this will create new demand. For healthcare organizations that were already at, near or over capacity, this means that money and managerial energy will need to be found for expansion -- in many markets there is increased demand already for new healthcare workers (Kumbroch, 2014). This also means a growing need for training, in order to maintain quality levels. Finding new people, when some markets are already short on labor supply, will be a tremendous challenge going forward for healthcare providers.
2.
Access to healthcare is a major demand driver. The Affordable...
...
3.
Advancing population is another issue that will spur demand. Most of these are going to be on Medicare, so not part of the ACA. They are already in the system, but as baby boomers get older, their need for healthcare is going to increase significantly. Wister (2009) notes that the aging population will present challenges, in particular capacity challenges, for health care, but it will also provide an opportunity to improve. He notes that the largest health care effect is not likely to…
References
Kumbroch, D. (2014). Affordable Care Act creates big demand locally for healthcare workers. WHNT. Retrieved November 17, 2014 from http://whnt.com/2014/09/17/aca-creates-big-demand-for-healthcare-workers/
Wister, A. (2009). The aging of the baby boomer generation: Catastrophe or catalyst for improvement? Health Innovation Forum. Retrieved November 17, 2014 from http://www.healthinnovationforum.org/article/the-aging-of-the-baby-boomer-generation-catastrophe-or-catalyst/
Health Care A target market is defined as recognizable segments that make up the market, and the target market consists of the groups the organization wants to focus on (Swayne, Duncan & Ginter, 2008). There are a number of ways that a target market can be understood. The main breakdowns in health care are geography, demographics, payer and specialty (Gandolf, 2010). Geography is perhaps the simplest one. It reflects the service radius
Strategy Health Care First student: There are many barriers to the implementation of strategy in health care organizations. One barrier is that the organizational structure, including chains of command and communication, may pose barriers. This barrier reflects that strategy needs to be communicated effectively, in order to the implemented effectively (Heide, Gronhaug and Johannessen, 2002). Managers must be aware of this, and ensure that there are channels for communication that will
Strategic plan II Environmental Analysis An environmental analysis is an important component, and indeed a prerequisite, to the strategic plan. It stands to reason that you cannot set a course for the future without knowing the route you will take, and you cannot know the route until you have the lay of the land. The environmental analysis is "a process in which you look at the outside factors that can have an
components of strategic management. They include internal and external analysis, strategy formulation and strategy implementation (Clayton, 2014). The external analysis allows the company to understand what opportunities and threats exist in the market. The internal analysis allows the company to understand its own capabilities and weaknesses, the latter of which might constrain what options it will be able to pursue. Once these are known the company can then formulate
One such barrier is the pattern of supply-driven care that has proven extremely costly on the average consumer and patient. Essentially, this method of healthcare has created a multi-billion dollar industry, where patients' needs are put to the side in order for healthcare organizations to make the largest profit margin possible through a system that resembles a production line more so than a hospital facility. Unfortunately, "producers control demand"
Healthcare for Pregnant Women Comparison: U.S., Switzerland and Canada A Comparison of Healthcare Options Pregnant Women in United States, Canada and Switzerland The healthcare systems in Western societies do not assume that a woman requires health information; however, collectively, it has become well recognized that good information is necessary to a pregnant woman, and that understanding the stages of pregnancy, labor, and delivery is important to good perinatal care (Crook, 1995). This