Netsmart Releases White Paper: Five Clinical Trends Impacting Healthcare Today
Overland Park, KS (PRWEB) October 01, 2013 -- Netsmart today announced availability of a white paper, "Five Clinical Trends Impacting Healthcare Today." The white paper delves into five emerging themes in the always-evolving world of healthcare and their impact on the way healthcare is delivered now and in the future. Co-authored by Dennis Morrison, Ph.D., chief clinical officer, Netsmart, and Ian Chuang, M.D., chief medical officer, Netsmart, the white paper is available on the Netsmart website.
The five emerging trends include: consumer-directed healthcare, increased accountability, changing demographics and attitudes, new clinical delivery models and personalized medicine. Two common threads within these trends are that consumers are taking more control of their own healthcare and the role of clinicians is expanding beyond just care provider to coordinator of care.
"The trends outlined in this white paper impact healthcare as a whole, are interrelated and influence each other in a variety of ways," said Michael Valentine, chief executive officer, Netsmart. "The clinical care world is evolving rapidly toward a higher degree of engagement and involvement by consumers. As they move further along in the journey toward integrated care, it’s imperative that health and human services providers be aware of these trends and address them in their strategic business and clinical planning processes."
Netsmart recently hosted a series of no-cost, clinically-focused Web seminars for health and human services providers. The programs were based around the theme of technology within integrated care and presented by Netsmart subject matter experts and industry partners. Viewers can learn about the various opportunities for healthcare integration and hear strategies from real-world providers who are already achieving successes with these models. The Web seminars are available for viewing on demand at http://www.ntst.com/summerseries/.
The Five Clinical Trends white paper and other Netsmart white papers on topics of interest to health and human services providers are available for download on the Netsmart website, at http://www.ntst.com/whitepapers.
About Netsmart
Netsmart is the leading provider of clinical solutions for health and human services organizations nationwide, and is committed to helping health and human services providers deliver effective, recovery-based care with Netsmart CareFabric™, a tightly woven framework of innovative clinical and business solutions and services that supports integrated, coordinated delivery of health services across the spectrum of care.
More than 22,000 client organizations, including 450,000 care providers and more than 40 state systems use Netsmart products to help improve the quality of life for tens of millions of people each year. Netsmart clients include mental health and substance use treatment agencies, psychiatric hospitals, private and group mental health practices, public health departments, social services and child and family health agencies, vital records offices, and managed care organizations.
Netsmart is pleased to support the EveryDay Matters Foundation, which was established for behavioral and public health organizations to learn from each other and share their causes and stories. Organizations can also request grants for their cause or to help fund technology that advances the way care is delivered. For more information, visit http://www.everydaymatters.com/foundation.
Learn more about how Netsmart and CareFabric are changing the face of healthcare today. Visit http://www.ntst.com, call 1-800-472-5509, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook or visit us on YouTube.
CareFabric is a trademark of Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
Dave Kishler, Netsmart, http://ntst.com/, +1 614.764.0143 7252, [email protected]
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