Globalization is driving changes in healthcare through factors like changing demographics, integrated economies, technology, and geopolitical changes. This is impacting India through opportunities in areas like clinical process outsourcing, medical tourism, and IT services for healthcare organizations in other countries. Managing healthcare delivery and IT across geographic and cultural boundaries presents challenges around privacy, security, productivity and control.
1. Globalization of Healthcare Saji Salam MD,MBA Chairman, Health Level Seven(HL7) India Healthcare Trends, Boston 2005
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3. Availability of Quality Care elsewhere Increasing Cost & Complexity in Administering Care Shortage on Manpower Globalization of Healthcare :Key drivers Changing demographics Integrated economies Technology Geopolitical changes
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5. Key driver - Critical shortage in human resources Jonathan Sunshine, Ph.D., ACR's senior director for research and lead author of the study, says he's not sure why there are fewer vacancies in the radiology job market. "A lot of people are breathing more readily, but few feel the problem is definitely resolved," he says. AAMC officials said schools need to start planning now to prevent the shortages that at least two studies have predicted. One forecast, by Richard Cooper, MD, director of the Medical College of Wisconsin's Health Policy Institute, expects a shortage of 200,000 physicians by 2020. Another study by Ed Salsberg, for the Council of Graduate Medical Education, projects an 85,000-physician shortfall by 2020.
15. Outsourcing - challenges for IT Managers Challenges Privacy and security Geographically distributed teams Managing across cultures Managing across time zones Perceived loss of control