Hcs 235 Continuum of Care Presentation Outline

Week 2 Outline

1. Introductory

2. Description of the roles of various stakeholders in the health care industry who are involved in the continuum of care.

a. Providers, payers, employers, patients.

3. Description of the health care delivery component’s role in providing services.

b. Hospitals and nursing homes admissions decreased.

c. Improves outcomes.

d. Patients are comfortable in own homes.

e. Defined as:

f. Diagnostic, therapeutic or social support provided at home.

4. Discussion of the services provided and how these services fit into the continuum of care.

a. Services that provide Home Care; Professional, Diagnostic, Technology intensive services.

b. Range of services available within the health care sector.

c. Elders help with daily functions.

5. The role in transitioning patients from one level of care to another in the health care continuum.

g. Transitioning patients from one level of care to another in the daily functions.

6. How the component contributes to or detracts from the overall management of health care resources.

h. The need of more treatments

i. The increase of an aging population

j. Cost

k. More increases with the jobs

7. The overall current and potential future trends of health care.

l. The rising cost in healthcare

m. A more longer life-spans

n. Future of long-term care

o. The increase in a more older population

p. With the shortage of a long term care workers

8. How this delivery component and services will be affected or need to change to meet future trends.

q. Society may require more home care for elderly

r. Reduction in patients nursing homes and other long-term care facilities

s. Upgrade some aspects of home health care

t. Finance

9. The characteristics of an integrated delivery system (IDS); discuss one real-world...