Health Care
Health Care
Since its inception in the early part of the 20th century, the medical staff organization has allowed physicians to have some say in the running of hospitals and has acted as an overseeing body for granting credentials...
In Anticipate, Respond, Recover, editors K. Joanne McGlown and Phillip D. Robinson stress that healthcare executives must take responsibility for knowing as much about disaster preparedness, response,...
In Beyond the Gift Shop, Mindy Thompson-Banko explores the collaboration between two very different industries—retail and healthcare— and what is required for them to work together and create something...
In Business Development for the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry, Martin Austin describes the basic processes needed to identify new business opportunities and to bring pharmaceutical alliances to a successful...
While hospital administrators and doctors often have different perspectives on patient care – and consequently take divergent approaches to it – they share the common goal of providing quality care to patients....
Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare is a compendium of essays and articles that support the use of evidence-based decision making. Authors Anthony Kovner, David Fine, and Richard D'Aquila argue that good managerial...
In Exceptional Leadership, authors Carson F. Dye and Andrew N. Garman identify the 16 characteristics of outstanding healthcare leaders. Drawing on decades of healthcare experience and research, the authors identify...
For the last three decades healthcare workers have been adjusting to a new work environment—one that puts profits over people. Workers are unsure about their roles in the organization and many struggle to find meaning...
Many healthcare facilities struggle with providing quality healthcare in an efficient manner, so that the patient is discharged to the home or to the next level of care as quickly and as medically appropriate as...
In Hardwiring Excellence, Quint Studer shares his extensive knowledge concerning quality health care. Healthcare organizations that want to surpass the competition must place a strong emphasis on...
