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American College of Healthcare Executives. (2018, February). Top issues confronting hospitals in 2017.
The American College of Healthcare Executives offers healthcare professionals and students in health administration programs a wealth of resources for both practice and educational purposes.

Becker, S., & Haefner, M. (2018). 10 thoughts on the healthcare business. Becker Hospital Review.
In this article, Becker et al. provide examples of how healthcare providers function as businesses using examples of revenue, competition, technology, stakeholders, and more.

Franz, B., Skinner, D., & Kelleher, K. (2017, April 3). The impact of the Affordable Care Act on hospital-led community health evaluation in the U.S. Appalachian Ohio region. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 23(4), 882–887.
The Affordable Care Act requires nonprofit hospitals to improve their collaboration with public health departments to assess the health needs of the community in which they operate. Franz et al. investigated how hospitals in Ohio have responded to this mandate.

Highlighting Healthcare Trends in 2018. (2018, February). Medical Marketing & Media, 53(2), 10–11.
Following a survey to healthcare executives, the Price-Waterhouse Commission Health Research Institute provides the outlook of healthcare trends for 2018.

Kim, J., & Richardson, V. (2014). The impact of poverty, chronic illnesses, and health insurance status on out-of-pocket health care expenditures in later life. Social Work in Health Care, 53(10), 932-949.
With the rise of healthcare costs, patients 65 years and older with chronic illnesses are seeking ways to lower their insurance premiums. Kim and Richardson reported on how the socioeconomic and health status of these older patients affects their out-of-pocket expenses.

Lee, S. J., Abbey, J. D., Heim, G. R., & Abbey, D. C. (2016, November). Seeing the forest for the trees: Institutional environment impacts on reimbursement processes and healthcare operations. Journal of Operations Management, 47-48(1), 71-79.
These researchers examine healthcare reimbursement from beginning to end, patient care to payment received and highlight areas where processes breakdown within organizations thus impacting the timing of reimbursement payments.

Vincent, J-L., & Creteur, J. (2017). The hospital of tomorrow in 10 points. Critical Care, 21(93), 1-4.
In this article, Vincent and Creteur focused on how the hospital of today will be metamorphosed into the hospital of tomorrow through the use of technology. The authors stressed the importance of adopting new technology to improve healthcare delivery.

Casselman, J., Onopa, N., & Khansa, L. (2017). Wearable healthcare: Lessons from the past and a peek into the future. Telematics and Informatics, 34(7), 1011-1023, doi: 10.1016/j.tele.2017.04.011.
In this article, Casselman et al. conducted a SWOT Analysis of wearable technology and the implications on accuracy of the data and security of the wearer’s personal health information.

Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development. (2018). FutureScan 2018-2023: Healthcare trends and implications.
FutureScan 2018-2023 is the culmination of research conducted by consultants to the American College of Healthcare Executives and published by the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development. The findings include strategies for healthcare administrators to improve care, reduce costs, and respond to the rapidly changing regulations on insurance reimbursements.

Vogenberg, R., & Santilli, J. (2018). Healthcare trends for 2018. American Health & Drug Benefits, 11(1), 48-54.
Without the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2018, Vogenberg and Santilli reviewed the trends in healthcare delivery between 2018 and 2020.