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Question: Future Direction of Health Care

In a three- to five-page paper:

1. Describe a minimum of five challenges from the list below that are defining the future strategic direction of health care.

• Proposed health care reform and legislation

• Information technology advancements such as the electronic medical record (EMR)/ electronic health record (EHR)

• Accreditation, quality of healthcare, and organizational compliance

• Economics, including third party payers, future funding, rising costs, the Medicare and Medicaid programs

• Access to health care including the uninsured and those in the poverty levels

• Public entities in controlling the demand aspects of health service

• Market shares and advancing age of population

• Maintaining a skilled workforce

• Pay for performance

2. Describe how an organization can adapt its direction and strategies to effectively address these challenges.

Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources that were published within the last five years. One source must be obtained from the Ashford University Library.