Modern Healthcare's 35th Anniversary Supplement
The Future of Healthcare
Original essays from top executives and leaders predict the future of key segments of the healthcare industry.
Future of Healthcare Essays
The future of healthcare: Payers
Dr. Reed Tuckson | July 25, 2011Since this is Modern Healthcare, it is worth posing the question: What makes our healthcare system modern? Most of us think of...
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Reform law is a starting point
Sister Carol Keehan | July 25, 2011For the Catholic Health Association and our members, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is above all a promise. It is a promise to start...
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Leaders need to prepare for demands of reform
Thomas Dolan | July 25, 2011While no one has a crystal ball with respect to healthcare's future, I have several assumptions.
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For hospitals, a balancing act of reducing costs and improving care
Richard Umbdenstock | July 25, 2011All of us in healthcare are straddling a roiling gulf of uncertainty as we transition between the disappearing past and a far different, but still...
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The future of healthcare: Regulation and compliance
Audrey Andrews | July 25, 2011Will compliance programs survive into the next decade? Will they help us navigate healthcare reform? Or will they sink to the bottom of the ocean:...
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The future of healthcare: Post-acute care
Paul Diaz and William Altman | July 25, 2011The growing trend in our nation's healthcare system toward integrated care and payment models comes from healthcare reform and private market...
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The future of healthcare: Supply chain
Ron Rardin | July 25, 2011For most people involved with healthcare delivery, the assortment of supply chain processes that brings the needed materials from manufacturers to...
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The future of healthcare: Patient safety
Dr. Peter Pronovost | July 25, 2011When polio struck the U.S. in the early 1950s, scientists and commercial industry worked diligently together to develop a cure that led to the...
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The future of healthcare: Finance
Nancy Kane | July 25, 2011A comprehensive analysis of 2007-09 healthcare spending growth recently released by the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and
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The future of healthcare: Staffing
Mary Kay Henry | July 25, 2011In the spring of 2010, members of the Partnership for Quality Care, a coalition of local leaders from the Service Employees International Union and...
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The future of healthcare: Physicians
Dr. Leonard Morse | July 25, 2011The cost of healthcare is stifling. It is crippling the budgets of individuals, families, businesses, communities and state and federal governments.
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The future of healthcare: Outsourcing
Steve Kehrberg | July 25, 2011A sour economy and the grim prospect of continued cuts in reimbursements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have combined to put...
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The future of healthcare: Medical devices
Jeffrey Lerner | July 25, 2011Healthcare providers will continue to face difficult choices among an increasingly complex array of clinical-care technologies in the near and longer...
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The future of healthcare: International
Dr. Thomas Aretz and Dr. Gilbert Mudge | July 25, 2011American academic medical centers have played a pivotal role in the evolution of global healthcare by training international clinicians and...
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The future of healthcare: Information technology
Dr. Eric Topol | July 25, 2011Mobile digital devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and e-readers, have had a rapid and profound impact on our daily lives, affecting how we read,...
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The future of healthcare: Construction
Gail Vittori | July 25, 2011The launch of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Healthcare in April signaled a defining moment for hospitals and other healthcare...
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