Forces Shaping healthcare

What is the Institute of Medicine

Non profit that provides healthcare advice

Telemedicine includes…(2)

Home monitoring stations that listen to heart, lungs etc.

Virtual physicians

Medical Informatics

Powerful treatment software used to streamline efficiency of a patient (CPOE)

Experience Economy

New approach to marketing a healthcare facility through a less sterile feeling design (Ex: Aesthetic design in a dermatology office)

The New Consumer

The new consumer diagnoses themselves, justifies doctors can be wrong, and providers have a difficult time serving specific expectations of a patient

Rising Healthcare costs

Disconnect between quality of care and cost

Obama Care 

Gives more access to healthcare but quality/number of workers can be lower

What are the 7 forces that shape healthcare?

Institute of medicine

Telemedicine

Medical Informatics

The experience economy

The new consumer

Rising Healthcare Costs

Obama Care