MY PREDICTIONS ON LATEST HEALTHCARE TRENDS:


Healthcare is constantly changing and evolving for the good. Here I am trying my best to predict and comment on the latest healthcare trend. The proliferation of new technology in healthcare is exploding. The following list highlights a few key opportunities and the relevant concerns for these technological advancements:


Wearable Tracking Devices:

Nowadays more and more people are using wearable tracking devices to monitor their physical activity, sleep patterns, calorie consumption and so on. This is an exciting new frontier with so much potential to improve patient care. It will be fun to see the impact this trend has on improved patient engagement in the coming days.

Patient-Centered Care:

A significant change in the healthcare industry’s approach to providing care is currently underway—putting the patient at the center of care. The goal is to improve patient satisfaction scores & engagement.

Increased Data Demands:

Both clinicians and administrative leaders are hungry for data to make decisions & hence guide their planning. Yet, there always seems to be a missing piece of information, such as which skilled nursing facility a patient was discharged to. Either providers have to make assumptions based on unreliable data or try to get that data through cumbersome processes.

An enterprise data warehouse is the key to overcoming the current data challenges. An EDW enables users of all backgrounds to analyse near real-time data easily through analytics applications. As demands for access to high-quality, accurate data continue to grow workers will want better analytics tools, such as EDWs, so they can improve care and reduce the overall costs.

Data Security:

Patient privacy issues including concerns about data breaches continue to be top-of-mind for payers, providers & consumers, especially with various ongoing data breaches. Hence, providers and payers will need to step up data security to avoid the type of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act violations that can negatively impact an organization.

As we charge headlong into the future, those of us in the healthcare industry are striving to create a better system that achieves higher quality at lower costs. The formula to get there is simple: value equals quality over cost.

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