Traditionally Medicare and Medicaid offer very little in the way of comprehensive medical services. This has inspired with healthcare community however to come to the realization that hierarchical care within healthcare facilities is no longer a viable means of providing care to patients in need. Cutbacks can be made but often they will result in substandard care for those that need care the most.
The researcher conducting this review proposes healthcare facilities adopt a horizontal approach to healthcare. Such an approach would as inferred by the literature, enable hospitals to work with communities, volunteers and junior level providers to provide comprehensive preventive and minimally invasive care for patients. Such care would involve training and educating junior medical professionals or nurses so they have the ability to treat patients more comprehensively using advanced diagnostic tools.
Technology has afforded healthcare facilities the ability to become more efficient. Despite this, hospitals and many other facilities continue to rely on less than optimal or efficient resources for carrying out day-to-day functions. It is the role of hospital administrators to recognize the need for their communities to spend more in the way of technology and training to produce greater revenues in the future. Outreach programs should focus on providing those with Medicaid and Medicare coverage ample access to community resources that will provide them with the preventive and palliative care they need as they age. Hospitals must also recognize the ability of information systems including those introduced by companies like the SSI Group, Inc., to minimize the amount of paperwork, billing and filing involved in patient care. By not relying as much on administrative tasks and by not producing as much paperwork, hospitals and other healthcare facilities become "thrifty." Less paperwork means less expense. Most patient information can be stored electronically in a safe and ethical manner. This will also prove more efficient and reduce costs as specialists working with a patient can share information with each other from one end of the world to another with little more than a computer between them.
Preventive care is also a first line resource for healthcare agencies interested in increasing revenue streams for healthcare facilities. More and more people are interested in preventing disease rather than treating disease (Mohan, 2002). The...
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