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Nowadays quality healthcare is one of the significant aspects in how humans perceive their quality of life. It is the major political issue in most of the countries, whether developed or developing. In some countries, the healthcare delivery institution or organization is a part of the national identity. It is time for a new illumination in every aspect of the healthcare ecosystem, where everyone, from governments to enterprises to individuals, is contributing in innovating healthcare services.
This novel edition entitled “Healthcare Services” is packed with a holistic philosophy of health care, an overview of good business practices, and strategies as well as procedures for compliance to hospital accreditation standards. This book analyzes recent trends in health care costs, the forces driving those trends, and their likely economic benefits. The healthcare industry has practiced an increase of innovations aimed at enhancing life expectancy, quality of life, diagnostic and treatment options, as well as the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the healthcare system. Information technology has played a vital role in the innovation of healthcare systems. It focuses on healthcare innovation, the dimensions of healthcare innovation, the process of healthcare innovation and the conceptual framework, this book opens the door for researchers to address several questions regarding innovation in healthcare. Patient satisfaction is a topic that is important both to health care providers, the patients themselves and other third-party stakeholders in the health care industry. For health care providers ensuring that consumes are satisfied is a continuous effort. It is therefore critical to them that the true state of consumer satisfaction is known.
There is increasing demand on the healthcare delivery organizations, and this is happening in every country. People live longer thanks to advances in understanding of the causes of diseases, and consequent improvements in diagnostic techniques and treatments. The average life expectancy in OECD countries has now reached 80 years and continues to lengthen. However, not only are people living longer, but increasingly people are living longer with chronic disease. Countries with the highest number of clinicians per population will need to address graduate intake in to medical schools, which is falling in real terms in many countries. The challenge is not limited to doctors either, as enrollment in nursing colleges has also fallen in some countries. This book provides the answer for a system of continuous quality improvement for the improvement of the health and functioning of the people.
