1. Trends in Healthcare Administration
Valerie J. Gully
University of Maryland University College

2. Three Trends in Healthcare
 Electronic Health Records
 Patient-Centered Care (PCC)
 Chronic Care Management (CCR)

3. Electronic Health Records Improves the Quality of Care By…
 Enabling integration & sharing of data between medical facilities
 Reducing necessary repetition of test
 Increasing amount of patient history available to physician
 Enhancing quality of care due to amount of data available

4. Principles Aligned with Electronic Health Records
 Patient-Centered Design
 Healthcare Professionals
 Efficiency
 Regulation and Payment

5. Purposes for Patient Centered Care
 Encourage wellness
 Interoperability
 Patient access to data to assist in self-care
 Incentivizing PCC
 Informed and shared decision making including patient and physician

6. Elements of Patient-Centered Care
 Patient Participation & Involvement
 Relationship between patient and Healthcare Professionals
 Context where care is delivered

7. Chronic Care Management (CCM) is needed in todays society due to a larger
older population than in the past.
CCM is designed to benefits individuals who suffer from pain, disability, death
and overall loss of functions, and independence and quality of life.

8. Six Factors that Lead to Better Outcomes when Focusing on Chronic Care
Management
1. Organization of Healthcare Delivery System
2. Community Linkages
3. Self-management support for patients
4. Decision support for physicians
5. Delivery system design
6. Clinical Information Systems

9. Conclusion
Healthcare Administration is shifting towards trends that allow for better
communication between patients and physicians. Due to advances in
technology healthcare is rapidly changing, heading in a direction that benefits
all parties involved.

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