Introduction
The pursuit of excellence is the natural direction of the progressive movement, and the healthcare industry is not an exception. The possibilities of many modern medical facilities are in many ways superior to those that were relevant several years ago. Accordingly, it can be assumed that in a few years, the medical field will go further deeper in providing quality services. One of the most priority directions of healthcare development, as it is known, is the quality of patient care. When expanding the scope and imagining how medical assistance will be provided to those in need in 2025, it can be assumed that the healthcare system will undergo some changes for the better, and new ways of caring for patients will develop.
A Greater Emphasis on Patient-Centered Care
One of the main indicators of healthcare quality is the degree of staff involvement in caring for patients (Henriksen et al., 2008). Providing people with all the necessary conditions is an indispensable attribute of successful healthcare policy, and if the situation changes for the better from year to year, it will be natural progress in this sector. According to Mitchell (2008), maintaining a balance between current opportunities and a competent approach to work is one of the values of professional medicine. By 2025, as Henriksen et al. (2008) claim, improvements in the field of medicine will be quite a logical process, and substantially new approaches to ensuring patient safety will have been implemented. The continuous development of healthcare is the result of ongoing work, and professional requirements for medical employees imply the search for new methods for solving existing problems (Sollecito & Johnson, 2013). Therefore, the focus on patient-centered care is one of the central and logical areas for improving the performance of medical institutions.
Health Information Technologies
One of the areas that will surely undergo significant changes in the future is health information technologies. According to Henriksen et al. (2008), in 2025, most tests will be performed on new electronic equipment, and specialists will keep patients’ records solely on electronic databases. This assumption is quite justified given that such systems are being implemented quite successfully today (“Better connections,” 2017). As Carayon et al. (2014) remark, special computational models for caring for patients are good auxiliary resources that provide essential assistance in the process of care.
Also, it is likely that shortly, new ways of treating serious diseases will be invented, and it will be easier for doctors to ensure the safety of their wards. Despite the emergence of new technologies, many modern hospitals cannot cope with the introduction of appropriate technologies in their work, which complicates the natural course of progress (Watson, 2012). Therefore, if the right measures are applied about the introduction of innovative care methods, for example, encouraging initiatives of active employees, the quality of healthcare will certainly be high enough.
Conclusion
Thus, the healthcare system is likely to undergo significant changes in 2025, and new ways of caring for patients will be implemented. A patient-centered approach to the provision of medical care will help to make the quality of assistance as high as possible. The introduction of new modern technologies into the process of care can help to accelerate the decision-making process and at the same time improve the quality of medical services. The encouragement of active actions to change the conditions of care can become a way to ensure patient safety and achieve significant professional successes.
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