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Futurescan 2010: Healthcare Trends and Implications 2010-2015

Softbound, 48pp, 2009
  • Print: $45.00

Book Description

This annual guide to healthcare trends will help you plan for the future. Written by an expert panel, Futurescan 2010 highlights eight key trends impacting the nation’s healthcare organizations. The expert insight in these pages is supported by data from a survey of more than 1,000 healthcare leaders across the country.

Loaded with information that will fuel strategic planning, Futurescan 2010 discusses important trends such as:

  • The effect of the uncertain economy on hospitals
  • New approaches to paying providers
  • The growth of accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes
  • The importance of hospital and physician integration
  • Individualized care through genomic medicine
  • The unfulfilled promise of healthcare IT
  • Building a sustainable nursing workforce
  • Developing greener and safer hospitals