The health practice keeps on experiencing significant shifts to respond to the increasing demand for quality, efficient, and cost-effective health care. The transition to value-based health care is among the evolutions with far-reaching effects on health care delivery. More changes are expected over time as the practice responds to evolving trends.
Shift to Value-Based Health Care
Value-based health care has progressively replaced the traditional fee-for-service model. As a result, reimbursement is based on patient health outcomes instead of the volume of services offered to patients (Teisberg et al., 2020). The implications are profound considering that many systems are used to pay based on patient services volume. The health care delivery must demonstrate value and adopt models that improve value. For advanced registered nurses, the shift must focus on priorities, activities, and strategies that improve overall patient care and satisfaction. They must adapt accordingly and change care provision approaches to rely more on teamwork, coordination, and health care information to deliver the desired value.
Evolving Trends
As the nursing practice continues responding to the shift to value-based care, more evolutions are expected over time. As Dash et al. (2019) postulated, there will be more reliance on technology and information systems as health care delivery becomes more data-driven. This implies that the nursing practice will rely more on data and incorporate systems that enable health care providers to use and share data. Patient risks will increase proportionately due to data-based health care delivery dangers such as privacy concerns. Advanced registered nurses will be pivotal in the process as drivers of technology in health care. They will be more involved in nursing informatics to increase the overall health care value.
Evolution is inevitable in health care as the demand for value-based care increases. Advanced registered nurses will continuously be involved in these evolutions to ensure that patient care appropriately responds to the needs of the time. More trends, including increased technology use, are expected to enhance patient satisfaction and other critical demands over time.
References
Dash, S., Shakyawar, S. K., Sharma, M., & Kaushik, S. (2019). Big data in healthcare: Management, analysis and future prospects. Journal of Big Data, 6(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-019-0217-0
Teisberg, E., Wallace, S., & O’Hara, S. (2020). Defining and implementing value-based health care: a strategic framework. Academic Medicine, 95(5), 682-685. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003122
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