When It Comes to Healthcare: Focus on Nursing

In this uncertain healthcare environment, a distinct demand exists for outside experts who can help guide healthcare professionals through a changing, and often confusing, regulatory environment. Consultants with expertise in a specific aspect of care or avenue of delivery have ample opportunity to influence the healthcare field—especially those who can inform and improve hospitals’ nursing practices.

Joe Kornik | September 09, 2014

When It Comes to Healthcare By Amy Steinbinder

U.S. healthcare has entered a period of great change. Healthcare expenses—already accounting for approximately 18 percent of the nation's economy—are set to skyrocket as the population ages and seeks additional services and care. At the same time, health policies and legal guidelines remain in flux as states adopt and adapt to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Both providers and hospital systems are scrambling for tools and cost-effective solutions to both meet the pressures of America's growing demand for healthcare and manage rising costs, a need that has been made all the more pressing by the ACA's emphasis on outcomes.

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