Explain how health care reform has helped shift the focus from a disease-oriented health care system to one of wellness and prevention. Discuss ways in which health care will continue this trend and...

Yes, Indeed, there has been massive shift in the healthcare industry largely shifting the prospective from a disease-oriented health care system to one which focuses on wellness and prevention. Primarily people are more inclined towards health and fitness than caring for themselves only when they get any disease. This trend will continue in the healthcare domain since there are many factors contributing to it. These factors that are driving this transformation are awareness, increase level of literacy among people, fragmentations, suboptimal outcomes and wide spread disparities in treatment. Taking care of people if they get ill as well as paying for chronic health treatment are of major concerns (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)., 2011). This shift from disease-oriented to wellness-oriented aims to enhance the quality and minimise cost. Furthermore, it also sets strong foundation for coordination of...