Question

1. Explain the eight main forces that will determine the future change in health care. 2. Discuss the main elements of the evolving healthcare delivery infrastructure in the United States. 3. What is patient activation? What are the main challenges in activation? 4. What type of training is needed for primary care physicians to be come "comprehensivists"? 5. What are some of the main reasons behind the deficits in geriatric training? 6. What are the main challenges faced by long-term in the future?

Answer 1

1. Healthcare sector is a much broader and vast area.The current advancement and technologies will be further improved in the future.This is mainly determined by eight forces in healthcare. They are as following

1. Technological force in future is expected to handle everything without the involvement of human being.Its drawback is the high cost in manufacturing, maintenance, training, etc., There are chances of dependency on technologies in future
2. Political force greatly influence the immigration pattern namely in order to meet staff shortages, good educational support.
3. Economic force due to high GDP,income ,expensive care can determine the change in future health
4. Ecological forces are considered to be the healthcare issues arising because of any natural or man made disasters leading to outbreak of any new diseases
5. Global forceclike telemedicine,service from country to country via internet without physical presence of the healthcare providers, radiologists, etc., world tour on medicine.The cheaper drugs can hamper the quality of medication in the future
6. Social and demographic forces has a direct impact on Medicare and Medicaid
7. Anthro-cultural forces are considered to be the various or multidiversed populations which can seen in the future and their specific care.
8. Informational force contribute to the availability of the patient information and the way of inter changing or transmitting the medical records