Price Waterhouse got out its crystal ball recently to look at the future of healthcare in the U.S. Here are some of the issues they see facing the medical industry in 2015.
Privacy will give way to convenience. With the use of electronic health records accessing the patient's medical information will become faster and easier but restricting its accessibility will become more difficult.
The aging population will force the medical industry to become more creative in delivering care to a variety of patients with different needs and financial resources.
New laws will extend the use of ancillary medical personnel like nurse practitioners. Remote digital patient monitoring will become more prevalent.
The trend will continue to make clinical trial data available, study outcomes will be transparent along with physician-pharmaceutical relationships.
Privacy will give way to convenience. With the use of electronic health records accessing the patient's medical information will become faster and easier but restricting its accessibility will become more difficult.
The aging population will force the medical industry to become more creative in delivering care to a variety of patients with different needs and financial resources.
New laws will extend the use of ancillary medical personnel like nurse practitioners. Remote digital patient monitoring will become more prevalent.
The trend will continue to make clinical trial data available, study outcomes will be transparent along with physician-pharmaceutical relationships.
The emphasis on positive outcomes will increase. It won't be enough to just treat the patient, a good result will be considered and expected.
Portable home medical devices will be more common and link information to the medical office.
Do-it-yourself healthcare, that is monitoring your heart rate, exercise and activity, caloric intake, blood pressure and temperature, will be common and convenient with personal computer devices.
It appears we will be more in charge of our own health. Result oriented health care will replace the current practice of throwing the kitchen sink at a problem. The patient will have access to a variety of medical personnel, not just the medical doctor. Research information will be more available and more transparent. It sounds like a real change is coming. Is it all in response to obama care? Is it due to cuts in reimbursement forcing the medical industry to be more lean and mean? Well, Hopefully not so mean.
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