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Handbook of Healthcare Management
The Handbook of Healthcare Management is a comprehensive examination of key management practices for global healthcare organizations, arguing that insight into and implementation of these practices is essential for success and sustainability.
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Critical Acclaim
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The Handbook of Healthcare Management is a comprehensive examination of key management practices for global healthcare organizations, arguing that insight into and implementation of these practices is essential for success and sustainability.
Expert contributors analyze both existing methods and new developments in healthcare management, through topics including healthcare marketing and customer service, managing human resources and organizational stakeholders, strategic and business planning, high-reliability organizations, and health informatics. The result is a well-rounded collection of strategies to enhance healthcare quality, with emphasis on factors that promote organizational excellence.
This Handbook will be invaluable to students in both master and doctoral healthcare management programs, as well as faculty and health services researchers, practitioners in both private and public sectors, policy-makers, and public administrators.
Expert contributors analyze both existing methods and new developments in healthcare management, through topics including healthcare marketing and customer service, managing human resources and organizational stakeholders, strategic and business planning, high-reliability organizations, and health informatics. The result is a well-rounded collection of strategies to enhance healthcare quality, with emphasis on factors that promote organizational excellence.
This Handbook will be invaluable to students in both master and doctoral healthcare management programs, as well as faculty and health services researchers, practitioners in both private and public sectors, policy-makers, and public administrators.
Critical Acclaim
‘The editors have created an important resource for healthcare management practitioners and students, effectively presenting the most up-to-date knowledge on issues critical to the management of healthcare organizations by experts in their fields. This book offers keen insights into the many challenges that the healthcare industry faces, and more importantly, actions that leaders can take to meet them.’
– Barbara Bigelow, Clark University, US
– Barbara Bigelow, Clark University, US
Contributors
Contributors: A. Beardsley, J.W. Begun, N. Borkowski, B.K. Breland, K. Darr, C. Deschamp, E.W. Ford, M.D. Fottler, L.H. Friedman, J. Gill, P.K. Howse, T.R. Huerta, J.C. Hyde, R. Kemp, D. Malvey, A.S. McAlearney, N. Menachemi, C. Molinari, H. Nguyen, S.J. O’Connor, P.A. Paustian, A. Raffenaud, S. Rahurkar, S. Ruff, C.J. Sampson, D.J. Slovensky, D.G. Smith, P.L. Spath, W.L. Tarver, M. Thygeson, J.M. Trimm, J.G. Van Matre, C.F. Wainwright, J.H. Willig, T. Yeung, T. Zhang
Contents
Contents:
1. Managing Complex Healthcare Organizations
James W. Begun and Marcus Thygeson
2. Leadership Resilience
Pamela E. Paustian
3. High Reliability Organizations
Patrice L. Spath
4. Organizational Planning
J.M.”Mickey” Trimm and John Gill
5. Customer Service
Myron D. Fottler and Tina Yeung
6. Human Resources Management
Myron D. Fottler, Donna Malvey, John C. Hyde and Clyde Deschamp
7. Disaster Preparedness and Response
Bryan K. Breland
8. Organizational Excellence
Leonard H. Friedman
9. Communication
Charles F. Wainright and Amanda Raffenaud
10. Healthcare Marketing and Social Media
Donna Malvey, Alicia Beardsley, Peggy K. Howse and Sandra Ruff
11. Employee Motivation
Steve J. O’Connor, Nancy Borkowski and Ross Kemp
12. Organization Change and Transformation
Nancy Borkowski
13. Innovations in Healthcare Delivery
Donna Malvey, Alicia Beardsley, Hannah Nguyen, and Myron D. Fottler
14. Reducing Medical Errors
Joseph G. Van Matre and Donna J. Slovensky
15. HIT to Enhance Patient Care and Organizational Performance
Nir Menachemi, Saurabh Rahurkar and Willi L. Tarver
16. The Many Lives of Data
James H. Willig
17. Managing Clinical Professionals
Timothy R. Hureta, Ann Scheck McAlearney and Eric W. Ford
18. Healthcare Insurance and Finance
Dean G. Smith
19. Long-Term Care
Carol Molinari and Tina Zhang
20. Ethical Challenges in Healthcare
Kurt Darr and Carla J. Sampson
21. The Future of Healthcare: The Editors Weigh In
Myron D. Fottler, Donna Malvey and Donna J. Slovensky
Index
1. Managing Complex Healthcare Organizations
James W. Begun and Marcus Thygeson
2. Leadership Resilience
Pamela E. Paustian
3. High Reliability Organizations
Patrice L. Spath
4. Organizational Planning
J.M.”Mickey” Trimm and John Gill
5. Customer Service
Myron D. Fottler and Tina Yeung
6. Human Resources Management
Myron D. Fottler, Donna Malvey, John C. Hyde and Clyde Deschamp
7. Disaster Preparedness and Response
Bryan K. Breland
8. Organizational Excellence
Leonard H. Friedman
9. Communication
Charles F. Wainright and Amanda Raffenaud
10. Healthcare Marketing and Social Media
Donna Malvey, Alicia Beardsley, Peggy K. Howse and Sandra Ruff
11. Employee Motivation
Steve J. O’Connor, Nancy Borkowski and Ross Kemp
12. Organization Change and Transformation
Nancy Borkowski
13. Innovations in Healthcare Delivery
Donna Malvey, Alicia Beardsley, Hannah Nguyen, and Myron D. Fottler
14. Reducing Medical Errors
Joseph G. Van Matre and Donna J. Slovensky
15. HIT to Enhance Patient Care and Organizational Performance
Nir Menachemi, Saurabh Rahurkar and Willi L. Tarver
16. The Many Lives of Data
James H. Willig
17. Managing Clinical Professionals
Timothy R. Hureta, Ann Scheck McAlearney and Eric W. Ford
18. Healthcare Insurance and Finance
Dean G. Smith
19. Long-Term Care
Carol Molinari and Tina Zhang
20. Ethical Challenges in Healthcare
Kurt Darr and Carla J. Sampson
21. The Future of Healthcare: The Editors Weigh In
Myron D. Fottler, Donna Malvey and Donna J. Slovensky
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