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The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization (Fifth Edition)

This book is the definitive resource on managing all aspects of a healthcare delivery organization-from attracting patients to improving the quality of care to managing the physical plant. This new edition includes extensively updated chapters on information systems, performance measurement and quality improvement, physician organization design, clinical support services, and nursing. Not strictly hospital-based, the book emphasizes the importance of the continuum of care and includes a new chapter on prevention and non-acute services.

Category: Managed Care

Title: The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization (Fifth Edition)

PURCHASE INFO: http://www.e-tba.com/buy-156793188X.htm

Released Date: November 1, 2002

Price: $108.00

Publisher: Health Administration Press/Ache

Author: John R. Griffith, Kenneth R. White

Summary: Covering management theory as well current practice in U.S. healthcare organizations, Griffith (health management policy, U. of Michigan) discusses the process locally-managed healthcare organizations should implement to meet the needs of communities. The majority of the information is applicable to hospitals, but the treatment is not entirely hospital-based. Chapters offer procedures to implement in the areas of the governing board, the executive office, design of the organization, measuring performance, improvement of quality and economy in patient care, organized physician services, clinical support services, nursing, prevention and nonacute services, marketing, finance, information services, human resources, and the plant and guest services system.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Description: This book is the definitive resource on managing all aspects of a healthcare delivery organization-from attracting patients to improving the quality of care to managing the physical plant. This new edition includes extensively updated chapters on information systems, performance measurement and quality improvement, physician organization design, clinical support services, and nursing. Not strictly hospital-based, the book emphasizes the importance of the continuum of care and includes a new chapter on prevention and non-acute services. This practical guide includes numerous graphs, charts, and figures. The first edition of this book won the prestigious American College of Healthcare Executives Hamilton Book Award.

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