It goes without saying that changes are constantly occurring in all spheres of human activities, including healthcare delivery in hospitals. In the present day, health care in medical facilities is associated with transparency and consumerism – as the costs of medical assustance are constantly growing, consumers realize that they should be more engaged than before to ensure “the best value for their money spent on healthcare” (Vogenberg & Santilli, 2019, p. 348). In turn, healthcare providers currently focus on the improvement of the healthcare supply chain, the cooperation of healthcare facilities, and patient-centered healthcare in order to offer the best quality services.
Recent challenges that the healthcare system has faced connected with the pandemic formed the modern trend of the industry consolidation. In other words, hospitals, medical centers, and other facilities understood the necessity of cooperated partnership in order to address disease-related issues in the most appropriate manner. In this case, the development of healthcare electronic systems has become highly essential as a lack of data transition between facilities that existed in the past due to paper records had a negative impact on the time and efficiency of care delivery. In turn, electronic records that provide full onformation about a patient to any healthcare provider and are accessible to a patient as well ensure safety, transparency, and accuracy of interventions.
As patients’ individual characteristics, needs, cultural peculiarities, and religious beliefs are more considered in comparison with the past, it is possible to talk about patient-centered healthcare as a modern trend. In addition, patients have become the fully legitimate participants of healthcare process who can make decisions and have a right to receive information concerning their health conditions. In general, personalization is highly important now, as a universal approach to every patients has already proved its inefficiency.
Reference
Vogenberg, E. R., & Santilli, J. (2019). Key trends in healthcare for 2020 and beyond. American Health & Drug Benefits, 12(7), 348-350.