Health Care Trends

Connected health monitoring involves the use of a computer connected service to communicate with someone who has health issues. Senior alarms are devices that allow a senior at home to wear a necklace or bracelet, which when activated will contact an answering service that can call a rescue squad if needed.

Video health care, With specialized medical video equipment, the patient, attending physician and specialist can confer together at the same time.

Mobile health units are like a doctor’s office on wheels. Some are equipped with technology to pre-screen for diseases or illnesses and others are for preventive health care.

These mobile health units are crucial for those who live in remote or rural areas. Mobile units also have reduced rates for patients. The medical industry is trying to be proactive by preventing major illnesses from occurring.

Many pharmaceutical companies are selling their prescription drugs online as a convenience for patients. This is especially helpful for people with limited mobility and who need their medications delivered right to their door. It can also be faster to re-fill a prescription through a computer rather than running out in the local pharmacy.

The general trend in the healthcare industry will be to use technology as a form of communication and record keeping improved. Hospitals, laboratories and offices will spend considerable time trying to eliminate paper documents and make the system of health care more efficient.

The Health Professions: Trends and Opportunities in U.S. Health Care: Trends and Opportunities in U.S. Health Care
by: Stephanie Chisolm
publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, published: 2008-07-03
ASIN: B005T4ZVQK

This text covers various aspects of the health professions ranging from delivering healthcare services to the disparities and inconsistencies in health care, health literacy, and much more. Also presented in this text is an overview of careers in health professions including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health.

Health Policy: Crisis And Reform In The U.S. Health Care Delivery System
by: Charlene Harrington
publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, published: 2007-05-04
ASIN: 0763746576
EAN: 9780763746575
sales rank: 23488
price: $68.07 (new), $46.50 (used)

The Fifth Edition Of This Best-Selling Health Policy Text Is Updated With A Collection Of New Articles On Various Health Policies. Health Policy Provides A Basic Overview Of The Health Policy And Political Process As It Relates To Thte Health Status Of The US, The Organization And Issues Of The Healthcare System, And Healthcare Economics.

The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care
by: Eric Topol M.D.
publisher: Basic Books, published: 2012-01-31
ASIN: 0465025501
EAN: 9780465025503
sales rank: 50543
price: $17.03 (new)

A medical trailbrazer ushers in the era of Medicine 2.0. Modern medicine is designed for groups. The interactions of drugs, patients and diseases are unpredictable – clinical trials are population based and do not account for personal idiosyncracies, much less medical histories. In “The Creative Destruction of Medicine”, pioneering geneticist and cardiologist Eric Topol introduces a radical new approach – by bringing the era of big data to the clinic, laboratory, and hospital. With personal technology, doctors can see a full, continuously updated picture of each patient and treat each individually. Powerful new tools can sequence one’s genome to predict the effects of any drugs, and improved imaging and printing technology are beginning to enable us to print organs on demand. Topol offers a glimpse of the medicine of the future – one he is deeply involved in shaping.

2011 Trends & Metrics in Healthcare Case Management
How are more than 200 health plans, hospitals, physician practices and others utilizing case managers in today´s challenging healthcare environment? Get the latest trends and metrics on the changing role of the healthcare case manager in this new video, narrated by Melanie Matthews of the Healthcare Intelligence Network, with commentary by Toni Cesta, senior vice president of operational efficiency and capacity management at Lutheran Medical Center. This data is based on HIN´s second annual survey on healthcare case management.

Health Care Trends

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