Question

Based on the future trend of Health Informatics:

Examine the impact of future trends on the field of health administration.

What are the major implications these future trends have for the field of health administration?

Discuss both the general impact of future trends and then what specifically are the implications for health administrators working in any of the major areas of the industry such as acute care, ambulatory care, and long-term care.

Answer 1

The impact of future trends in health administration according to AHCs ( Academic Health centres) for the next decades are

1. More patients
2. More technology
3. More information
4. Patient as the ultimate consumer
5. Development of a different delivery model
6. Innovation driven by competition
7. Increasing cost
8. Increasing number of uninsured
9. Less pay for providers
10. Continued need for healthy new system

The major implication of future trends in health administration is to improve efficiency of health by increasing cooperation between researchers, clinicians, and educators.the health administrator not only to improve patient care processes but also to understand how to decrease costs while maintaining quality.

Acute care future trend impacts are;

Acute care hospitals are in the midst of major
transformational changes
• Volunteers have a long history of caring for
patients non-clinical needs through unique
programs in multiple venues
• Volunteers have exceptional talents &
community connections to assist hospitals in
the journey

Ambulatory care future trend impact factors are;

• Overarching operational authority must be established to support consistency around determining how and by whom key clinical operating decisions will be made, including policies and procedures, standardisation and centralization.
• targeted centralization can strongly support an organization’s cost management strategy of delivering affordable care.
• The principles of standardization, reliability and customization to the patient are essential in creating a new care delivery process that will meet patient and referring physician needs.

future trend in long term care;

• Update the strategies and master plan according to future trend.
• Moving a continuing care retirement campus to satellite site increases reach and casts a larger net of coverage, possibly leading to an increase in resident population and brand awareness. Explore nearby communities for need and substantiate the need through market study.
• Requirement of facilities to exceed in meeting the needs of all seven aspects of wellness, including emotional, intellectual, physical, environmental, social, occupational and spiritual. If the programming and facilities meet these demands, you will
  have success.
• Community partnership.