Question

What is the current event in the US healthcare system that is influencing change?
How do you think this will impact the future of healthcare?

Answer 1

Ans) There are many factors that can predispose a population to increased or decreased utilization of health care services. They include:

(1) socio-economic status,

(2) physician supply,

(3) policies and beliefs of a nation,

(4) risk behaviours of a population,

(5) health status.

- Some major changes in healthcare today:
Major Shift in Healthcare: The Top Changes to Know in 2018
Healthcare Consolidation Between Insurers and Providers.
Addressing the Opioid Crisis.
Patient Experience Continues to Rise in Importance.
Expansion of Medicare Advantage.
Repeal and Replace Is Done, But Reforms Still Loom.

- This will transform hiring in healthcare, with changes in existing jobs, substantial increases in the need for certain jobs, and additions of emerging jobs such as population health navigators and data analysts.

- Strong employee professional development programs, the transformation of learning and performance management, and the optimization of processes are key areas where healthcare providers make a difference. Perhaps the most important focus area and where healthcare talent management professionals can have a tremendous impact is in employee engagement by acting on the results of their employee engagement surveys. It’s up to talent management professionals to develop future leaders who have the right healthcare competencies for the new wellness-based model of healthcare – people who have clear visions, are innovative and strategic, communicate well, and are persuasive and inspirational.

- These attributes and competencies should exist throughout the healthcare organization. If healthcare providers can transform their organizations to fit the wellness model then “beautiful things will happen.