Picture your next capital plan: inpatient beds, ambulatory surgery capacity, virtual programs, clinic footprint, and the workforce to support them, all defined down to the last decimal. Now picture getting the balance wrong in your most lucrative service lines.
Healthcare is moving beyond the hospital. Ambulatory, home-based, virtual and community settings are becoming increasingly central to care delivery, but the shift will not happen at the same pace across every market or specialty.
The Impact of Change: The hospital is no longer the whole story gives health system leaders a clearer view of how to prepare for growth while making sure the right care is delivered in the right setting. It identifies six forces shaping demand, access, payment and delivery over the next decade, and examines how distributed care is affecting neurosciences, pediatrics, orthopedics, spine, behavioral health, cancer, cardiovascular care, women’s health and surgery.
Alongside the service line analysis, it offers strategic considerations for aligning sites of care, workforce models, clinical capabilities, referral pathways and care coordination with changing demand. Download the eBook to understand where growth is going to occur, how delivery is evolving, and how you can prepare to deliver the right care in the right settings.
Insights include:
- The six forces shaping demand, access, payment and delivery over the next decade
- Why ambulatory care is becoming the new center of gravity
- How distributed care is affecting nine service lines
- What to weigh when building an ambulatory-first strategy