ESO Solutions Predicts Key Hospital Trends to Watch in 2018

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ESO Solutions, the leading data and software company serving emergency medical services, fire departments, and hospitals, today shared the trends it predicts will have the biggest impact on hospitals in 2018: A greater emphasis on evidence-based approaches to acute conditions; healthcare financing changes affecting the way hospitals admit and readmit patients; reshuffling of hospital ownership; and a shift in how patient volume is managed.

"Few areas of healthcare have seen more significant change over the past several years than hospitals," said Allen Johnson, Vice President of ESO HDE and Analytics. "That pattern will continue in 2018."

"There's a fair amount of change on the horizon," added Johnson. "It's essential for hospitals to track and understand evolving trends to stay ahead of challenges. Those that do will be the most successful."

Key Hospital Predictions for 2018:

    --  Evidence-based care for acute events will continue to be emphasized:
        From first medical contact to hospital admission through rehab, new
        evidence-based research will play a key role in the treatment and
        destination decisions for patients experiencing acute events (e.g., the
        DAWN study showing benefit of endovascular clot retrieval for up to 24
        hours after a stroke). Near real-time (or contemporaneous) access to
        richer data will enhance physicians' capabilities, provide decision
        support, and ultimately enhance patient safety by reducing the
        likelihood of avoidable error.


    --  Healthcare finance changes will continue to have an impact on admissions
        and readmissions: Changes in healthcare finance regarding readmissions
        will influence how systems interact and manage patients across more
        diagnosis types. Value-based approaches to patient management will
        continue, with the possibility that out-of-hospital entities in some
        communities will be included in bundled payment models and/or care
        planning. In one such instance, facilities working with EMS can
        proactively manage patients in the most appropriate setting to maximize
        efficiency and reduce unnecessary readmissions.


    --  Changes in hospital ownership will increase the need for
        interoperability: As hospitals look to control costs and consolidate
        market presence, ownership will change in some markets. The shuffling of
        ownership will create a greater need for interoperability and sharing of
        information across new partners to bridge data gaps between electronic
        medical record (EMR) systems.
    --  Managing patient volume will increase in importance: As financial
        pressure on hospital systems continues, understanding and managing
        patient volume will be essential to ensure hospitals meet financial
        goals. This will include an ongoing shift in marketing strategies to
        appeal to high-value patients directly through various channels,
        including EMS. Sharing quality data and implementing alignment
        strategies with partners - physicians, EMS, etc. - will allow hospitals
        to create systems of care that deliver the right patients to the right
        facility at the right time, promoting volume for the facility and
        excellent outcomes for patients.

Download the 2018 Hospital Predictions whitepaper here.

About ESO Solutions
ESO Solutions, Inc., is dedicated to improving community health and safety through the power of data. Since its founding in 2004, the company has been a pioneer in electronic patient care records (ePCR) software for emergency medical services, fire departments and ambulance services. Today, ESO serves more than 13,000 agencies throughout the U.S. The company's healthcare, public safety and technology experts deliver the most innovative software and data solutions on the market, including the industry-leading ESO Electronic Health Record (EHR); ESO Health Data Exchange (HDE), the first-of-its-kind healthcare interoperability platform; record management system (RMS) for fire departments; and ambulance revenue recovery/billing software. ESO is also playing a leading role in helping EMS provider organizations across the nation successfully transition to NEMSIS Version 3 and new state standards for electronic patient care reporting.

ESO will bring focused sessions that support the needs of EMS, fire departments and hospital customers to Wave 2018, its annual user group and industry conference, February 1-2, 2018, in Austin, TX.

ESO is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.esosolutions.com.

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