Health Care Trends Report: An Environmental Analysis
Welcome to Health Care Trends. Produced by the American Medical Association (AMA) Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD), and drawn from an extensive review of professional, governmental, and nongovernmental sources, this resource provides valuable information on the trends shaping medicine today. Health Care Trends is a resource with data on major issues and trends in medicine that are affecting physicians, other providers, and patients. The Trends report provides a brief overview of an issue, identifies trends, and posits likely implications for patients and physicians.
There are eleven sections in this series of the Health Care Trends report. Periodically, sections of the report will be updated to ensure that timely, relevant information is available for current reporting and monitoring of trends. Please feel free to register and download the sections of the Health Care Trends report. To access section descriptions and registration links, simply click on the section titles below. There are no printed copies available for distribution.
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; OECD; health care spending; medical services spending; pharmaceutical spending; electronic health records; EHR; Affordable Care Act; ACA; health care expenditures; health care coverage; un-insured; under-insured; access to care; managed care organizations; physician profiling; Medicare Advantage; Medicaid; physician income
Health Economics chapter
Vaccine preventable diseases; infectious disease; pandemic influenza; health care-associated infections; chronic disease; prevention; disease; disaster and bioterrorism preparedness; public health; infrastructure; work force; prevention and wellness; health care delivery system; motor vehicle crashes; teen pregnancy; disease surveillance; health impact assessment; medicine
Public Health Infrastructure chapter
U.S. Population; health status; cancer; cardiovascular disease; HIV/AIDS; diabetes; mental health; other chronic and infections diseases; access to care; quality of care; workforce diversity; social determinants of health; economic impact of health inequities
Health Inequities chapter
Americans’ perceptions of the quality of their health care; the U.S. health care system and health policy; patient utilization of health information; patient experiences in accessing care; and the patient-physician relationship
Patient Expectations and Perceptions chapter
Global financial crisis; health care in developed countries; medical work force; medical infrastructure; telemedicine; infectious diseases; immunizations; non-communicable diseases; maternal and child health; burden of disease from social determinants; burden of disease from environmental determinants; pharmaceutical; medical travel/tourism; climate change; urbanization; radiation
Globalization chapter
Health information technology; HIT; Health IT; health information exchanges; HIE; electronic medical records and electronic health records; EMR; EHR; computerized physician order entry; clinical decision support system; CPOE; CDS; ePrescribing; barriers to health IT adoption; work force; health information security; changing technology and medical practice; remote medical devices and functions; video consultations; tablet computers; speech recognition programs; computer-assisted physician documentation; CAPD; telehealth; telemedicine; ehealth; personal health records; PHR; personalized medicine; genomics; patient access to health information; impact of health IT on vulnerable populations; email; internet use; Smartphones; cellphones
Science and Technology in Medicine chapter
Science and Technology in Medicine fact sheet
Health care resources; physician shortages; physician practice settings; models of care; physician career satisfaction; supply of non-physician providers; non-physician providers; scope of practice; hospitals; health care facilities
Health Care Resources chapter
Health Care Resources fact sheet
Quality measurement; clinical quality measures; clinical efficiency measures; outcomes measures; profiling; rating; incentives; high-quality primary care; un-met social needs; chronic illness; preventive care; electronic health records and other HIT tools; strict hand hygiene; e-consultation; drug shortages; Medicaid coverage; disease registries; treatment of patients from diverse ethnic backgrounds; Commission to End Health Care Disparities; care coordination and integration; physician visits trend; uninsured; health benefits and the Affordable Care Act; ACA; spending on public health programs
Medical Practice and Quality chapter
Population trends; aging population; race and ethnicity; gender; geographic distribution; language; immigration; social determinants of health; education; employment; income; health literacy; health status; life expectancy trends; mortality; health-related quality of life; disease trends; chronic disease; obesity; arthritis; asthma; cancer; cardiovascular disease; diabetes; HIV/AIDS; mental health; personal behaviors and lifestyle; sleep deprivation; dietary habits; sodium intake; fat consumption; fruit and vegetable consumption; food deserts; food security; physical activity rates; smoking; alcohol consumption; substance abuse and illicit drug use; accidental injuries and violence; unintentional injuries; falls; motor vehicle crashes; poisoning; violence; youth violence; intimate partner and sexual violence; suicide; veteran status
Demographics and the Health Status of the U.S. Population chapter
Value-based purchasing; payers of health care services; decreasing physician income; Medicare demonstrations; Medicaid budget and enrollment; Medical codes (ICD-9, ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS, NDC); Medicare payment methodology; Medicare Advantage; Medicaid payment methodology; RVU compensation methodology; emerging physician payment models; fee-for-service; pay-for-performance; capitation; bundled payments; shared savings; withholds and risk pools; risk adjustment; stop-loss insurance; actuaries; negotiating payment; joint contracting/collective bargaining; employed physician compensation; hospitalists/intensivists; impact of ACA on physician payment; gender pay gap; WellPoint's Primary Care incentive program; critical access hospitals
Physician Payment chapter
Undergraduate medical education; medical school applicants and enrollees; medical school graduates; medical school faculty; medical school debt; environmental impacts on undergraduate medical education; behavioral and social science interventions; changes to the MCAT; competency-based medical education; interprofessional collaborative practice; health information technology; HIT; increasing use of technology; graduate medical education; residents and fellows; graduate medical education funding; environmental impacts on GME; resident duty hours; ACGME Next Accreditation System; NAS; impact of delivery models; personalized medicine; continuing medical education; physician workforce; physician reentry; movement from self-employed to employed physician.
Medical Education chapter
