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2 The Ongoing Transformation of Health Care
Pages 5-10

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... TRANSITION OF THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM O'Neil listed eight features of the current health care system that are undergoing major change, all of which have direct implications for allied health. From Acute Treatment to Chronic Prevention and Management Although the population is increasingly burdened by chronic disease and disability, health care remains oriented around acute care, O'Neil observed.
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... From Inpatient to Ambulatory -- Home and Community Part of the health care reform movement today is focused on building the patient-centered medical home. "But that's just a way station to locating primary care in the home using new technology," said O'Neil.
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... " Once these changes begin, they will be the vehicle by which allied health care professionals can transform their professions. "Strategic success comes with how well you understand this and move forward." DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES O'Neil pointed to three broad demographic changes that will have a profound effect on health care.
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... . The health care system will need to become a more effective and efficient system, but it also will need increased capacity to provide services for a larger population.
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... One complication in addressing disparities is that health care programs for diverse populations tend to be oriented toward middle-class majority populations, but some people are much more concerned about feeding their children than they are about typically middle-class concerns. The health care system needs to be concerned about disparity, but it also needs to look critically at its efforts to address disparity.
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