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1PUBLIC HEALTH
This executive summary will provide an overview of the current practices of Sarasota
Memorial hospital (SMH) and its alignment with current trends. It will also give an insight into
two existing programs and further investment needed to allocate proper resources for the
program. The main purpose is to propose or recommend resource investment in relation to two
specific programs of the organization.
Part I: Current State of Organization and Potential Changes to Align with Trends
The SMH is the largest acute care public health systems in Floria with 839 bed. There are
more than 5,000 staffs and 500 volunteers who provide different types of health services to
consumers. It is a full service health system and the hospital offers specialized health services for
cancer, neuroscience, vascular care, long term care and outpatient care (Sarasota Memorial,
2019). The historical trends in health care economics of US show that health and cost savings are
a major agenda for health care system and the US government has implemented Medicare and
Medicaid to ensure health coverage. The main driver behind such reform is the rise in health care
cost and increased health care spending. Due to this, there is a focus on implementing more value
based service so that better outcomes could be achieved (Vogenberg, 2019). In case of SMH, it
has been found that the service of the hospital is aligned to past historical trend as it is providing
good Medicare and Medicaid coverage. Because of this, the hospital has earned the distinction of
earning the highest five start ratings for quality four times from the centers for Medicare and
Medicaid (Sarasota Memorial, 2019).
Apart from historical trend, health services must prepare itself to align their service in
accordance with current trends too. Some of the current trends in US health care industry
includes the focus on value based care training, development of bundled payment for care