According to Rosenau, Lai, and Lako (2012), the United States health care industry P4P is one of the most important developments after capitation and managed care. The target of P4P is to change the behavior patients, physicians, and those working in the health care industry through a system of rewards and punishments. The P4P bonus for physicians can become the form of an add-on to his or her salary to the general fee-for-service. A bonus for a hospital can be additional payments beyond the payments received through the diagnosis group based payment. A punishment through the P4P system can end in the reduction of compensation or other penalties.
How Health Care Has Changed The changes within health care are now having an effect on consumers and health care providers. The most significant change that has taken place within the health care system is the advancement of new technology. The new technology such as diagnostic, screening techniques, medical interventions, surgical techniques, and techniques for drug delivery has helped health care providers to adequately serve and diagnosis patients. The computer system is also a new technology that has not only helped entities to communicate efficiently but it has also changed the way health care providers perform his or her job duties. However, not all of the new technology will successfully emerge into the health care system because it is very costly to implement.
This allows the patient to have a more active say in their health care and the tools to help improve their own health situation. Health care providers have noticed the value of engaging patients to have more said in their health care. Health care providers have noticed that by managing health care plans will streamline services and cut cost and shortened hospital stays and show patients and their families how to provide care for themselves. By using electronic communication it allows for more interaction, between consumers, business, it allows for two way communication. This allows a new way of thinking on advertising and a new way of handling public relations.
Too much grant funding can be a “moral hazard” and a temptation to postpone defining a sustainable financial model, ROI is achieved over time, Engage opinion leaders to build stakeholder support, Listen to your community, Your community will drive the services that the HIE should provide, Technical strategy & deployment follows the Business and Service goals and requirements, Benefits of HIE, Benefits of an HIE, Convergence of Healthcare Delivery and Technology to Speed the Evolution of the Healthcare System. An HIE Provides a vehicle to support improved patient care quality and safety, Provides a mechanism to reduce duplication of services and reduce healthcare costs, Facilitates operational and administrative efficiencies resulting in reduced operational costs, Enables the integration of sick (illness)-care with well-care, Links first-responder teams with trauma care teams, Stimulates consumer education and involvement in their Healthcare process, Promotes transparency of service and
Many offices and facilities are going or have gone paperless. The use of electronic medical records is getting more popular. Medical knowledge affects the patient-doctor relationship by there being a proliferation of treatment choices and protocols. Better scientific understanding of many medical problems has encouraged attempts to standardize methods for diagnosis and treatment (page 184). Accreditation affects this relationship by the provider organizations seeking it in order to prove that they meet the standards of legitimate and appropriate medical practice, which can be vital for receiving reimbursement and contracts from insurance companies which is helpful to the patient and the
The Electronic Medical Record, Dollars or Sense? Anne Wolfersberger Ball State University Abstract In recent history, it has become increasingly necessary, that facilities, especially inpatient acute care hospitals, implement an electronic medical record. Clinical information technology is recognized by champions of healthcare quality as a means to save lives, improve less than optimal care, and reduce costs (J Healthcare Finance 2004). There are several advantages to adopting the EMR, from reducing preventable adverse drug events to improving drug prescribing. On the patient side it has been shown that patient compliance with medication regimens as well as follow up appointments and preventative care greatly increase with the
Barriers and Benefits of Telemonitoring for Heart Failure Christine O'Shaughnessy Aurora University NUR 3015 Deann Edgers February 27, 2013 Abstract In an effort to provide telemonitoring care to heart failure patients, care providers examine barriers and benefits to the adoption of the technology. Health care professionals examine what motivates healthcare to improve the technology and disperse it to more patients. Medicare guidelines that encourage an audit level focus upon readmissions could soon financially encourage hospitals to turn to telemonitoring. The current equipment uses hardware, software (with clinical parameters), and telecommunications in a real time capacity. Care providers drive continuous improvement of telecommunication and address secure data transfer issues as more patients and health care professionals adopt the technology.
COMMUNICATION THEORY Andres Nicholas HCS/320 David Bull April 22, 2012 The key to success in every company or industry is communication. Communication is the vital component in the health care industry because keeping open communication with patients makes the job easier. Working in the health care industry, healthcare professionals are exposed and challenged with different cultures, race, beliefs, and gender. All patients are unique in their own and we as healthcare professionals must learn how to accommodate to the patients way of communication before we can provide or explain the healthcare treatment. At Baylor College of Medicine Healthcare facilities and our affiliated hospitals, we strive for the customer satisfaction.
Future Trends and Effects of EHR Angelene Sears HCIS/265 September 28, 2014 Lucinda Shipley Future Trends and Effects of EHR Electronic health records are enhancing patient overall health care across the country today. We have a system that allows doctors, hospitals, and all health care providers to communicate securely and warehouse patient records. So if you’re at home or in another state, get ill or wounded, the information about your medical state is available to medical providers attending you. Hospitals and physician that utilize digital systems see many benefits of EHR’s over paper records, and this exchange of health information means providing better quality of patient care. New technologies are continuously in advancement
The implementation of EHRs in LTC facilities or home health can manage patients care to promote improvements in the patients outcome and possible help decrease medical cost. In this forever changing healthcare industry, which stresses continuity of care, the movement to push for EHRs in LTC facilities is necessary. Review of another study stressed that the healthcare team is vital in the implementing of EHRs. The healthcare team approach is vital to the success of the EHRs and vice versa. If done effectively, care coordination puts patients at the center of the care process, encouraging, engaging as well as responsibility.