Proposed health care reform and legislation information

Question

Future Direction of Health Care

In a three- to five-page paper:

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

1. Proposed health care reform and legislation
2. Information technology advancements such as the electronic medical record (EMR)/ electronic health record (EHR)
3. Accreditation, quality of healthcare, and organizational compliance
4. Economics, including third party payers, future funding, rising costs, the Medicare and Medicaid programs
5. Access to health care including the uninsured and those in the poverty levels
6. Public entities in controlling the demand aspects of health service
7. Market shares and advancing age of population
8. Maintaining a skilled workforce
9. Pay for performance

• Describe how an organization can adapt its direction and strategies to effectively address these challenges.