HCA 421- Health Care Planning & Evaulation

Future Direction of Health Care

In a three- to five-page paper:

1. Describe a minimum of five challenges from the list below that are defining the future strategic direction of health care.

• Proposed health care reform and legislation
• Information technology advancements including the electronic medical, or health, record (EMR/EHR)
• Accreditation, quality of healthcare, and organizational compliance
• Economics, including third party payers, future funding, rising costs, the Medicare and Medicaid programs
• Access to health care including the uninsured and those in the poverty levels
• Public entities in controlling the demand aspects of health service
• Market shares and advancing age of population
• Maintaining a skilled workforce
• Pay for Performance

1. Describe how an organization can adapt its direction and strategies accordingly.

Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources that were published within the last five years. One source must be obtained from the Ashford Library.