Response 2

Trends in healthcare management

I’m a registered nurse from New York. I have been a practicing wound care nurse and supervisor for the past six years, currently working in a long-term and Short-term rehabilitation center that also includes telemetry and hospice. I’m almost done obtaining my BSN with hopes of continuing on to eventually become a Nurse Practitioner.

The healthcare system continues to change with the current trends and is affecting the healthcare system. Some of the current trends in healthcare is the technological advancement and changing the whole healthcare system; financial viability; increased interest in the population health management; and collaboration among healthcare providers. This current trends and changes in healthcare models are impacting on the delivery of healthcare (Brown, 2015). The advancement and introduction of new technologies in healthcare are relied on improving healthcare qualities. As a nurse, there will be the use of wearable devices to monitor physical activities of patients especially for a patient suffering from diabetes. Technology will also be used in providing patient-centered care and to help in improving patient satisfaction scores and engagement. As a supervisor, technology can be relied on to increase the data demands towards making decisions and guiding of the planning process (Burrill, 2018).

Financial viability is continuously causing significant concern for healthcare CEOs. CEOs are becoming more concerned about the financial status of the organization in addition to issues such as patient satisfaction, quality scores, and population health management. These issues are affecting the bottom line of the health system if they cannot be overcome. As a healthcare supervisor, the main focus will be on the standard and the poor financial services by updating the methodology for credit ratings of acute care (Brown, 2015). There is an increased interest in population health management due to the emergence of new risks. As the risk for patients is changing to the provider, the healthcare system through providers is making efforts to be well informed about patients. As a nurse leader in healthcare, the awareness about health-related issues will be collected by combining technology, operation, and use of clinical acquaintance. These strategies are important since it improves the practice of driving preventing care and reduction in the population healthcare costs (Brown, 2015).

The provision of healthcare services is faced with challenges and therefore, the trend in collaboration among healthcare providers will continue to increase. As a nurse, there will be collaborative efforts in handling areas of challenges through consultative work and seeking help from other qualified personnel in providing healthcare services to the patients (Burrill, 2018).

References

Brown, B. (2015, February 10). Top 7 Healthcare Trends and Challenges from Our Financial Expert. Retrieved September 3, 2019, from Health Catalyst: https://www.healthcatalyst.com/insights/top-healthcare-trends-challenges Burrill, S. (2018, December 7). Health care outlook for 2019: Five trends that could impact health plans, hospitals, and patients. Retrieved September 3, 2019, from Modern Healthcare: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181207/SPONSORED/181209938/health-care-outlook-for-2019-five-trends-that-could-impact-health-plans-hospitals-and-patients