Health Care Strategic Management Term Paper

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Health Care Strategic Management

There may be many reasons for change, but there is a demand now in United States that the changes in healthcare market take place now to remove the present inconsistency in quality and efficiency. The main reasons driving the reasons for change have been seen to be patient safety and quality, the move towards digitalization, demographic changes, workforce issue, financial issues, and the search for excellence. There have been many reports about quality and patient safety since the report by the Institute of Medicine's Report was released in 1999 about medical errors, and the situation has only got worse and not improved. The recent reports state that over 200,000 persons die every year due to medical errors as the principal reason.
The second main reason for change is that all records being kept in the hospitals are shifting to a record without films and paper. This change to be successful has to be accompanied by changes in the system. The third major shift is taking place due to the changing pattern of people residing in areas. This is accompanied in general by an aging population. Along with this the workers in healthcare are also aging and now only 9.1% of all nurses are below the age of 30 and the average age has reached 45. (Overcoming the Barriers to Change in Healthcare System)

This changing pattern will require the shifting of healthcare….....

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