Springer, 2018. — 521 p. This first-of-its-kind text provides a multidisciplinary overview of a significant problem in hospital-based healthcare: patients who decline inpatient medical care and leave the hospital against medical advice (AMA). Compared to standard hospital discharges, AMA discharges are associated with worse health and health services outcomes. Patients...
Springer, 2013. — 250 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4419-7138-8 In the last decades, major advances have been made in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and the public demand for these procedures has increased globally. All ART clinics, from those just starting out to the well established, must employ the latest equipment and implement the best practices, while ensuring that their...
3rd edition. — Jossey-Bass, 2001. — 970 p. — ISBN: 0787955531, 9780787955533. Completely revised and updated, the third edition of this standard handbook includes entirely new chapters on managed care and risk financing that address the important issues of cost containment and the advancements in alternate risk financing arrangements. This comprehensive resource offers...
Health Administration Press, 2010. — 273 p. — ISBN: 9781567933352 Healthcare managers ensure that the organization’s mission is met, that its goals are achieved, and that the work is done right. This book provides you with the skills, knowledge, and confidence you need to be a successful healthcare manager. This book uses realistic scenarios, cases, and exercises to bring...
Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 262 p. The ability of a healthcare provider to function optimally requires a vast set of skills, knowledge, behaviours and attitudes many of which are not inherent, not taught overtly, and are often acquired as part of the training and maturation experience. The importance of inclusiveness of the multi-professional and...
11th edition. — Health Administration Press, 2021. — 1043 p. — ISBN: 9781640552210. Dunn and Haimann’s Healthcare Management provides a definitive overview of healthcare management, organized around five primary functions: planning, organizing, staffing, influencing, and controlling. The book ties these primary functions together through clear explanations of management...
ITexLi, 2017. — 179 p. — ISBN: 9789535135197 9789535135203 953514653X 9789535146537. The goal of this book is to illustrate and discuss, in a clinically relevant format, examples in which evidence-based approaches to patient care, using established methodologies to develop highly functional multidisciplinary teams, can help foster an institutional culture of patient safety and...
ITexLi, 2018. — 191 p. — ISBN: 9535137301 9789535137313 9535140760 9789535140764. This volume begins with an overview of recent high-impact studies in the area of patient safety. Subsequent chapters discuss a broad range of topics, including retained surgical items, wrong site procedures, disruptive healthcare workers, interhospital transfers, risks of emergency department...
Springer Publishing Company, 2018. — 316 p. — ISBN: 9780826169419 Written by case managers for case managers, this reference manual for nurses and other health professionals presents a Case Management Society of America (CMSA)–tested approach toward systematically integrating physical and mental health case management principles and assessment tools. Since the health care field...
CRC Press, 1999. — 213 p. — (The Bamm Clinical Directors' Series). These practical books written by members of the British Association of Medical Managers (BAMM) help clinical directors tackle their role as medical managers. They provide information and guidance, to enable their readers to benefit from the sharing of learning, good ideas and best practice. 'What is innovative...
Health Administration Press, 2019. — 1129 p. — ISBN: 9781640551077 Health-related nonprofit organizations reflect a unique and enduring aspect of the American character, rooted in the concepts of charity and fraternity. Much has changed in the nonprofit sector since the days of Benjamin Franklin and the founding of the Pennsylvania Hospital, but nothing has replaced the...
8th edition. — Wiley, 2018. — 528 p. — ISBN: 978-1-119-34970-9 The book guides readers through the strategic planning process demonstrating how to incorporate strategic thinking and create and document a clear and coherent plan of action. In addition, the all-important processes of creating and maintaining the strategic momentum of the organization are fully described. Finally,...
2nd edition. — AUPHA/HAP Book, 2022. — 729 p. — ISBN: 9781640553026. While healthcare managers must juggle many responsibilities, one of the most important aspects of their job is interacting with and motivating their colleagues and staff. Leaders who develop the skills to deliver on this front will achieve greater individual, team, and organizational success. Organizational...
CRC Press, 2023. — 267 p. — ISBN: 9781032343549. In today’s era, there is a need for a system that can automate the process of treatment for the patient if medical facilities are out of reach. Smart healthcare can step in to make the patient more self-dependent. 6G with its features can be seen as the future of smart healthcare with IoT and AI. 6G-Enabled IoT and AI for Smart...
3rd ed. — Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company, 2017. — 1593 p. — ISBN N\A. This textbook captures our collective hope of enabling and encouraging ever-improving leadership practice, continuous leadership development, and ultimately a more effective, efficient, and efficacious health industry. From our own practical experience, academic study, and...
McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. — 383 p. — ISBN: 978-0-07-179485-5. Making the Transition to Healthcare and Physician Leadership. System for Strategic Leadership Communication. A Healthcare Leader’s Guide to People Management. Dealing With Politics, Problems, and Process. Practical Strategy for Planning. Motivation, Communication, and Negotiation. Maximizing Team Action and...
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007. — 312 p. The book provides comprehensive information for any professional working with people with intellectual disabilities, particularly case managers. The authors outline the skills needed and common issues in case management practice across a range of people with different disabilities at different stages of their life. Emphasising the...
Academic Press, 2019. — 278 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-814221-9. This book is written for the needs of quality, compliance, and regulatory professionals in medical device companies. It includes secrets for developing an effective, yet efficient, Quality Management System (QMS) and explains how to create a vision, strategy, and tactical plans. Author Manz shares lessons on leadership,...
CRC Press, 2012. — 336 p. This essential guide provides a lifeline to authoritative, reliable information on medical management, giving you all the skills you need whether managing a junior colleague as a lead doctor, or running multidisciplinary consortia in the NHS or private sectors. Learn key skills from leadership, managing change, quality control, and project management...
6th ed. — Rosemary Thackeray, 2013. — 513 p. Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer provides you with a comprehensive overview of the practical and theoretical skills needed to plan, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs in a variety of settings. The Sixth Edition features updated information throughout, significantly re-worked...
Washington: Health Administration Press, 2008. — 452 p. This book is about operations management and the strategic implementation of programs, techniques, and tools for reducing costs and improving quality. It not only covers the basics of operations management, but also explains how operations and process improvement relate to contemporary healthcare trends such as...
F.A. Davis Company, 2017. — 408 p. — ISBN: 0803630212, 9780803630215. Take an evidence-based approach to leadership. Learn the skills you need to lead and succeed in the dynamic healthcare environments in which you will practice. From leadership and management theories through their application, you’ll develop the core competences you need to provide and manage care of the...
Lexington Books, 2014. — 270 p. Healthcare Management Strategy, Communication, and Development Challenges and Solutions in Developing Countries analyzes the ways in which health services, public health administration, and healthcare policies are managed in developing countries and how intercultural, intergroup, and mass communication practices are weakening those efforts. If...
3rd Ed. — Health Administration Press, 2019. — 477 p. — ISBN: 978-1-640550-43-7. Management problems are complex and rarely fixed with a single, universal solution. Particularly in healthcare organizations, management is fluid, and the “right” approach depends on a variety of ever-changing factors. Management of Healthcare Organizations: An Introduction provides an integrated,...
4th edition. — Health Administration Press, 2023. — 511 p. — ISBN: 978-1-64055-373-6. To become a successful healthcare manager, students need to understand management theories and methods and know how to apply them to real-world problems. Management of Healthcare Organizations: An Introduction engagingly teaches this. The authors provide aspiring managers with theoretical...
3rd edition. — Jossey-Bass, 2017. — 804 p. Analytics and Decision Support in Health Care Operations is a comprehensive introductory guide to quantitative techniques, with practical Excel-based solutions for strategic health care management. This new third edition has been extensively updated to reflect the continuously evolving field, with new coverage of predictive analytics,...
DEStech Publications, 2014. — 216 p. This textbook is intended for students preparing as advanced practice clinicians, including DNPs, DPTs, DOTs, and physician assistants. It is organized in two main parts. The first focuses on macro issues in healthcare finance and policy issues, and the second concentrates on healthcare financing management in professional practice. This...
University Of California Medical Humanities Press, 2011. — 311 p. Public Health Changing Definitions of the History of Public Health Public Health and the Rise of the Bureaucratic State in Nineteenth-Century Britain Physical Culture and Health Citizenship Social Medicine What Was Social Medicine? An Historiographic Essay Social Medicine and the New Society: Medicine and...
World Health Organization, 1997. — 424 p. The textbook occupies a unique niche. Unlike most books dealing with vector control that are oriented toward principles of management implemented by governmental agencies, Vector Control addresses the ways that management might be accomplished directly by community members at local levels. It provides individuals living in a community...
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2019. — 556 p. — ISBN: 9781284143546 All health care managers — regardless of their training and area of responsibility — must create budgets and manage their departments within the established budget. A Comprehensive Guide to Budgeting for Health Care Managers is a thorough examination of budgeting practices that will provide readers with the...
BMJ Books, 2007. — 63 p. This brand new title in the popular ABC series offers an up-to-date introduction on improving patient safety in primary and secondary care. The ABC of Patient Safety covers an area of increasing importance in healthcare and provides a clear description of the underlying principles that influence practice. Patient safety is now an integral part of the...
Arlington: AUPHA Press, 2013. — 337 p. Focus on Quality Quality Management Building Blocks Measuring Performance Evaluating Performance Continuous Improvement Performance Improvement Tools Improvement Project Teams Improving Patient Safety Achieving Reliable Quality and Safety Managing the Use of Healthcare Resources Organizing for Quality
2nd edition. — John Wiley & Sons, 2017. — 373 p. Clinical Leaders: Role Models for Values into Action Clinical Leadership Explored Leadership theories and styles Followership Congruent Leadership Leadership and Management Clinical Leadership Tools: How to Influence Quality, Innovation and Change Organisational Culture, Clinical Leadership and Congruent Leadership Managing...
CRC Press, 2018. — 289 p. This book explores the practical aspects of setting up and assessing the quality of health checks. It is the first book to support clinicians and managers in enhancing the value of health checks in improving health outcomes, an increasingly essential goal for health services. The book will help maximise outcomes for individuals, families and employers...
Springer, 2016. — 226 p. Recognizing that medical faculty face different questions or issues in different stages of their careers, this handy, practical title offers a comprehensive roadmap and range of solutions to common challenges in the complex and changing Academic Medical Center (AMC). With critical insights and strategies for both aspiring and seasoned academicians, this...
2nd Edition. — Routledge, 2023. — 348 p. — ISBN: 978-0-367-89594-5. This fully updated edition of the best-selling textbook on Health Service Operations Management provides an invaluable reference for students and researchers in the fields of healthcare management, operations management, and patient flow logistics. Featuring theoretical frameworks and a comprehensive set of...
CRC Press, 2011. — 145 p. How can you survive and thrive as a medical manager in the ever-changing world of healthcare? Practical Management and Leadership for Doctors is a hands-on introduction to developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour required to succeed in a modern healthcare setting. Combining their own vast experience with insights from management...
Routledge, 2018. — 237 p. Many companies limp along from day-to-day treating the quality side of the business as a necessary evil, and doing only what is minimally necessary for compliance to regulations. This kind of approach to compliance almost always results in inefficiencies and sometimes can result in a curious kind of noncompliance. Documentation created with compliance...
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