HCAD 600

1. Group 3
Amber Moses
Bintu Sillah
Shivani Rana
Tatiana Bradley
University of Maryland University College

2. Introduction
 Current macro-trends in the healthcare system are
prompting the advancement and evolution of care,
and are setting the stage for the future healthcare job
market.
 These trends include the economy, technological
advancement, demographical variations, changes in
lifestyles and habits, and mutant government policy.
 These macro-trends that are now shaping the
healthcare system will shape the employment
landscape for healthcare professionals in the coming
decades.

3. Healthcare accounts for 18% of the U.S. economy, twice
as high as in other countries.
 Between 2010 and 2020, Healthcare occupations will
increase from 0.1 million to 13.1 million jobs.
 There will be 5.6 million healthcare job openings between
2010 and 2020.

4. Emerging Macro-Trends in the U.S.
Healthcare:
● Economy
● Demographical variations
● Changes in lifestyles and habits
● Technological advancements
● Mutant Government Policies

5. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2015
Overall Healthcare Economy
Healthcare expenditures in the U.S. exceed $2 trillion a year
Federal budget is $3 trillion a year
National Health Expenditures are projected to rise to 18% of the economy by 2020

6. Contributing Factors
 Lower life expectancy and the high
incidence of chronic diseases in the U.S.
 Difficulty obtaining, affording and receiving
healthcare services.
 High budgets consumed and insurance
plans failing to receive enough embrace.

7. Career Opportunity : Health economist
 Link up business with health care
 Analyze fiscal budgets
 Formulate financial strategies
 Interpreting the implications of policy
and healthcare budgets
 Evaluates multiple types of financial
information: costs, charges and
expenditures

8. Demographical variations
 The number of aging
individuals will double in
the next few decades.
 The aging population
in the U.S. is continually
increasing as the baby
boomers are becoming
older.
 40% increase of those
aged 65 or older by 2020
Berwick, Nolan & Whittington, 2008

10. Career Opportunity : Home healthcare
 Due to the increase in the aging population, home
health care will become a job opportunity in the
healthcare industry.
 They help senior citizens with everyday tasks
(Bragg & Hansen, 2015).
 Also a need for home healthcare administrators to
coordinate the home healthcare.
 Home healthcare administrators can make sure
that necessary supplies are provided for the staff to
take care of the patients, and file all necessary
paperwork and insurance claims

11.  Increased cases of obesity
 The rise in chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes, sleep apnea,
high blood pressure etc.
Obesity in United States
 Annual healthcare cost of
nearly $200 billion on obesity
 Accounts for over 21% of
medical costs in the U.S. today
Weight -control Information Network, 2012

13. Contributing Factors
 Affordable and equal access to nutritional foods,
especially among minorities
 Increased cost of fresh foods in low-income
neighborhoods
 Low stocks of nutritional foods
 Increased habits like smoking and alcohol
 Lack of physical activity and tremendous stress.

14. Career Opportunity: Public health educator
and Health services managers
Public health educator:
 These individuals will teach people about behaviors
that promote wellness.
 They develop and implement strategies to improve the
health of individuals and communities.
Health services managers:
 They ensure compliance to health and safety
regulations.
 They manage and coordinate health services for
clinics, departments, or hospital facilities.
 They will seek resolution and ways to keep cost down.

15. • Biotechnology and Genetic
engineering
• Wireless technology : Smart-phones
and chip technology
• e-Health technologies

16. Technological advancements
 Technological advances are indispensable to people’s
health and improved quality of life.
 Technological advancements are encouraging and
have increased efficiency of healthcare systems
 Technological advancements offer a variety of job
opportunities for both present and future healthcare
professionals!

17. Career Opportunity: Health IT analysts
 Analyze best technologies to integrate into healthcare
systems
 Develop programs to address public health needs
 Analyze different modern health technologies
 Analyze the impacts of various technologies on the
healthcare organization

18. • The uninsured is one
reason why healthcare
costs in the United States
are so high.
• The goal of the
Affordable Care Act is to
provide insurance to these
uninsured citizens,
thereby cutting down
healthcare costs.

19. Affordable Care Act (ACA)
 ACA, the veterans’ plan, and other healthcare policies
generally hint at the future that awaits the industry
with future changes anticipated.
 The challenge of achieving and maintaining fair,
accessible, and affordable health insurance seems
unavoidable.

20. Career Opportunity: Health Policy Analysts
 They work in collecting information, analyzing potential
policies, evaluating the outcome of existing policies and
sharing information with public and government officials.
 They focus on public awareness on understanding the
stipulations of health insurance and the importance of
having coverage .
 They make sure that every citizen in each state receives the
health insurance that he or she needs.
 More people covered = more jobs to service these people

21. References
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Bragg, E. J. & Hansen, J. C. (2015). Ensuring care for aging baby boomers: solutions at
hand. Generations, 39(2), 91-98.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (September 29th, 2014). NHE Factsheet.
Retrieved from http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-
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States and Canada: assessing the impact of income, age distribution and
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22. Romanow, D., Cho, S., & Straub, D. (2012). Editor's comments: riding the wave: past
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Weight-control Information Network. (2012, October). Overweight and obesity
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 http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/blog/2011/sep/number-of-
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 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205177/Obesity-predicted-60per-cent-
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 https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/healthcare/
 http://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p25-1140.pdf