Futurescan 2011: Healthcare Trends and Implications 2011-2016

Softbound, 496pp, 2011
  • Print: $45.00

Book Description

This annual guide to healthcare trends will help you plan for the future. Written by an expert panel, Futurescan 2011 highlights eight key trends impacting the nation’s healthcare organizations. The expert insight in these pages is supported by data from a survey of nearly 1,000 healthcare leaders across the country.

Loaded with information that will fuel strategic planning, Futurescan 2011 discusses important trends such as:

  • Contingency planning for health reform
  • Reimbursement related to quality and efficiency outcomes
  • The increasing demand for primary care
  • Sustaining the rewards of process improvements
  • Meaningful use of health information technology
  • Using wireless medical devices to facilitate care
  • The use of social media in the hospital environment