HCS 449 Week 2 Health Care Industry
Health Care Industry
Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs
Health Care Administration Capstone
HCS 449
John Weiss
September 13, 2014
Health Care Industry
The health care industry is an environment that is competitive and expensive. To be a patient receiving care the urgency is high and at a very critical point to trust a team of strangers with your care possibly even your life. On the other side of that coin, treating and interacting with patients is a part of the health care industry because providing care does not end with the physician. In the middle of these two different side of health care is where management steps in and takes over the middle ground.
Big Changes in Health Care
Within the next 10 years I believe that the electronic medical record (EMR) systems companies will have to collaborate to create the ability for all the different records systems to talk to each other so that the EMR truly is available wherever you are receiving care across the nation. This is a vital function that is quickly getting out of control by competing companies who are making the software for EMR. When a patient is within a system like Kaiser and the EMR is available to any physician in the same system the information is right at hand. However, when a Kaiser patient is traveling to a state that does not have a Kaiser facility and the patient needs care that patient’s records are not available in the treating facility because they are not in the same system or linked together so records can be shared. When the different health care systems have the ability to universally see the patient’s entire record they have a solid foundation on how to approach the patient’s care and have a better opportunity at a positive outcome. The providers won’t have to rely on the patient to repeat their medical history or on a family member to try and remember the patient’s history. This is a very lofty goal to reach in the next ten years but it is a goal that ultimately allows the patient to
Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs
Health Care Administration Capstone
HCS 449
John Weiss
September 13, 2014
Health Care Industry
The health care industry is an environment that is competitive and expensive. To be a patient receiving care the urgency is high and at a very critical point to trust a team of strangers with your care possibly even your life. On the other side of that coin, treating and interacting with patients is a part of the health care industry because providing care does not end with the physician. In the middle of these two different side of health care is where management steps in and takes over the middle ground.
Big Changes in Health Care
Within the next 10 years I believe that the electronic medical record (EMR) systems companies will have to collaborate to create the ability for all the different records systems to talk to each other so that the EMR truly is available wherever you are receiving care across the nation. This is a vital function that is quickly getting out of control by competing companies who are making the software for EMR. When a patient is within a system like Kaiser and the EMR is available to any physician in the same system the information is right at hand. However, when a Kaiser patient is traveling to a state that does not have a Kaiser facility and the patient needs care that patient’s records are not available in the treating facility because they are not in the same system or linked together so records can be shared. When the different health care systems have the ability to universally see the patient’s entire record they have a solid foundation on how to approach the patient’s care and have a better opportunity at a positive outcome. The providers won’t have to rely on the patient to repeat their medical history or on a family member to try and remember the patient’s history. This is a very lofty goal to reach in the next ten years but it is a goal that ultimately allows the patient to
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