Question

The health care industry is one of the few in the United States which continues to grow. Identify three reasons for this growth and briefly discuss the human resources strategic implications faced by health care organizations over the next decade and beyond.

Answer 1

(A) Reasons for continuous growth of health care industry in United States:-
          (i) Growth in the U. S. population, as well as an increasing number and percentage of elderly people in the population.
          (ii) Increases in key health care technologies.
          (iii) Growth of allied health care professions.
          (iv)Increased reliance on drugs and related pharmaceutical cost.
          (v) individual and family health care insurance.

(B) Human resources strategic implications faced by health care organizations over the next decade:-
              -There is a visible tendency among researchers to pursue an effective human resource management strategies, methods, and tools.
              -Countries implement policies which should increase the amount and competences of employees within healthcare.
              -Providers of Health care services tend to enforce modern human resources management solutions adapted from business organisations to attract, retain and develop human resource.