Futurescan 2011

Healthcare, especially healthcare financing, is changing day by day. To help provide some basic education on current trends in the U.S. healthcare industry, ACFAS decided to share articles from the American Hospital Association's publication, Futurescan™ 2011: Healthcare Trends and Implications 2011–2016. 

Abstracts of each chapter were published in a special eight-week series, from Aug. 24 to Oct. 12, 2011, in This Week @ ACFAS.

All materials are reproduced with permission from Futurescan™ 2011: Healthcare Trends and Implications 2011–2016, © 2011 by the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development of the American Hospital Association.

• Download each week's featured chapter
  • 10/12/11 Social Media and Hospitals: From Trendy to Essential (174 KB PDF)
  • 10/05/11 The Digital Wireless Revolution: Wireless Devices and Their Applications in Healthcare (137 KB PDF)
  • 09/28/11 Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology: From Public Policy to Changing Care (132 KB PDF)
  • 09/21/11 Quality and Safety: Reaping the Rewards of Process Improvement Done Right (159 KB PDF)
  • 09/14/11 Primary Care: Filling the Primary Care Supply Gap (138 KB PDF)
  • 09/07/11 Physician-Hospital Integration: Market Trends, Health Reform Drive Closer Ties (112 KB PDF)
  • 08/31/11 Payment: Reforms Poised to Spur Hospital Quality and Efficiency Gains (138 KB PDF)
  • 08/24/11 Healthcare Policy: The Futures of Health Reform (188 KB PDF)
  
  
• Download the entire text
  • Futurescan™ 2011: Healthcare Trends and Implications 2011–2016 (660 KB PDF)