UCSPTRENDS IN HEALTHCARE-2

SASHA ATKINSUSCP 615

October 10,2015

TRENDS IN HEALTHCARE

PATIENT AS MORE INFORMED CONSUMER

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS

MEDICAL TOURISM

TRENDS IDENTIFIED

Technological advances in healthcare promotes more active patient role in care Personal computers gives access to medical information online Phone applications are available to track health and illness Evidence-based medicine = care formatted to treat individual patient Electronic Health Record

PATIENT AS MORE INFORMED CONSUMER

Designed to give access to healthcare in more communities by

COST-Reduction

EFFICIENCY-Improvement of records/time of care

OVERALL CARE –Quality offered

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONSo COMBINATION OF • Hospitals

• Physician groups

• Insurance agencies

• Other stakeholders

o GOALS• Promote patient health through education

• Be cost effective

• Have consistency in patient care across practices

• Give patient autonomy of care

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS

MEDICAL TOURISM

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FOR MEDICAL CARE An increasing segment of the population seeks to treat healthcare disorders by

travelling internationally. The option to travel has become more affordable Seeing another country or culture can make option more attractive

WHYCost of care is more affordable

Recovery time needed post-surgery

Location of organs needed for transplant

Surgery may be seen as taboo domestically

MEDICAL TOURISM

WHO PARTICIPATESInsurances

Uninsured patients

Patients who want to have procedure while on vacation

Travel agencies

MEDICAL TOURISM

WHEREThe Americas-United States, Latin America, Brazil

Asia/Pacific Islands-Japan, China, Thailand

Europe-United Kingdom, Germany, France

Africa/Middle East-South Africa, Israel, Jordan

MEDICAL TOURISM

Healthcare becomes more inclusive with the improvements gained by technology as patients gain more knowledge they are more likely to ask questions of providers and share more information willingly. This interchange leads to better individual care.

Accountable Care Organizations are tasked with meeting specific standards that examines organizations to ensure adherence to ACOs goals that improve care while reducing cost, build efficiency in pace of care delivered, and ensure that the group cared for is given quality care.

Medical Tourism affects where care is given. Patient travel to receive care all over the world. Local healthcare loses dollars to foreign economies and have to find ways to offer these services.

Patient care in foreign countries may not meet the standards needed to maintain patient health and local economy may then have to “clean up the mess” when patient returns.

AFFECTS ON HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY

A healthcare organization would benefit greatly from adopting a patient-centered model of care where the patient could use technology to communicate needs to provider and care is then refined based on the evidence presented.

Healthcare would benefit greatly from uniformity to access of care and providing education through ads, literature, etc. to patients would help to achieve patient care goals set forth in ACOs goal guidelines.

Adopting open-mindedness to options of care and respecting patient autonomy could have positive effect on organizations image and be bring profit as more patients choose to utilize local care as opposed to medical tourism option.

CONCLUSION