This highly respected annual guide to healthcare trends will help you plan for the future. Written by an expert panel, Futurescan 2013 highlights eight key trends affecting the nation’s healthcare organizations. The expert insight in these pages is supported by data from a survey of 625 healthcare leaders across the country.
Loaded with information that will fuel strategic planning, Futurescan 2013 discusses important trends such as
Payers and providers integrating to align incentives and create efficienciesthe Effect of value-based payment on utilizationThe fundamental role of nursing in the transformation of the healthcare systemIntegration of palliative care models in the communityHealth information exchanges as a key tool for new care delivery and payment modelsThe role of mobile healthcare in transforming the provider--patient relationshipThe adaptability imperative in health system governanceThe future of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and its Health Care Criteria