Question: Future Direction of Health Care
In a three- to five-page paper:
1. Describe a minimum of five challenges from the list below that are defining the future strategic direction of health care.
• Proposed health care reform and legislation
• Information technology advancements such as the electronic medical record (EMR)/ electronic health record (EHR)
• Accreditation, quality of healthcare, and organizational compliance
• Economics, including third party payers, future funding, rising costs, the Medicare and Medicaid programs
• Access to health care including the uninsured and those in the poverty levels
• Public entities in controlling the demand aspects of health service
• Market shares and advancing age of population
• Maintaining a skilled workforce
• Pay for performance
2. Describe how an organization can adapt its direction and strategies to effectively address these challenges.
Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources that were published within the last five years. One source must be obtained from the Ashford University Library.