The Evolution Of The U.S. Health Care System

The Evolution Of The U.S. Health Care System

The health care system in the United States tends to evolve constantly to keep up with the changes that consistently characterize the health care provision (Stalter & Mota, 2018). For instance, the shift to a value-based healthcare has resulted to quality care instead of attending to the highest number of patients by the providers. Value-based health connotes a reward system that provides incentives to health care providers depending on the quality they deliver to individuals with Medicare. The goals of value-based health care are to lower costs of health care, better health for individuals, and better public health in populations (Lewis, 2019).

Value-based health care has impacted the delivery of care by ensuring provision of quality and affordable care services. On the other hand, it has impacted the nursing role by positively affecting the work environment for nurses, with quick patient discharge, reduced readmissions, and assignment of fewer patients to nurses. Consequently, the nurse to patient ratio, burnout, and workload decreases leading to less stress and increasing opportunities to pay more attention to patients, leading to improved health outcomes (Lewis, 2019). Value-based health care also stresses on strong care coordination, which also improves the workplace and environment for nurses.

The projected major evolving trends in the health care delivery system that are likely to affect nursing practice include the impact of the alarming nursing shortage, increased specialization, concerns of privacy and confidentiality, continued growth of telehealth, advancing nursing education online, increasing entrepreneurship opportunities in nursing, and the rise of nurse navigator. According to AONL (2021), the advanced registered nurse can influence the direction of health care by formulating a clear strategic plan and goals to help in leading to desired direction.

References

AONL. (2021). AONL Nurse Leader Competencies. https://www.aonl.org/resources/nurse-leader-competencies