Question

a. if you speaks of innovation, what are the important factors to consider for hospitals and clinics under a business model, and what types of innovations might be implemented in such a model? explain

b. explain How you would conceptualize a separate and autonomous business unit in an ambulatory care clinic.

Answer 1

A) Important factors to be considered are

Increasing number of population and elderly people

Increase in key health technologies

Growth of allied healthcare professions

Rising cost of insurance

Higher malpractice insurance and settlements

What innovations can be implemented

Practicing more health promotion behaviours and using preventive services

Developing assertiveness skills in dealing with your own insurers ,providers and case managers

Keeping abreast of broder issues and concerns such as how the entire system bears the cost of under insured and uninsured

Advocating for policy changes at legislative level

Being ready to provide more home care services

B) To conceptualize a seperate and autonomous business unit in ambulatory care