This book compiles their advice and the lessons they ve learned from those interactions. And a job, when it works well, can fit like a glove and provide you with immense personal and professional satisfaction. Written in a conversational, managing your job, the 50 lessons broadly cover three major areas: managing yourself, friendly style, and taking charge of your career.
This book s 50 succinct lessons will guide you as you begin your career in healthcare management and help you achieve success and professional fulfillment whatever your role. The 50 lessons are filled with bulleted lists and quick tips and address specific topics such as: establishing a life vision and developing a personal brand Managing the first 90 days of your healthcare management position Mastering presentations through writing and speaking tips Building and supporting strong teams Developing a professional development plan Balancing life and work New graduates of master s programs and early careerists in the field will particularly benefit from this book, but readers at other points in their career will also find it useful.
. White and lindsey, in various academic and healthcare management roles, have provided career counseling for hundreds of students and early careerists.
Leadership Development for Healthcare: A Pathway, Process, and Workbook
Key features · opportunities for being a leader and practicing leadership are available to everyone and leadership behavior and practice can be cultivated by anyone. Instructor materials include an online instructor s manual and one PowerPoint slide deck per chapter. Chapters are designed to reinforce the learn discover practice process to support leader and leadership development.
Appendix provides an overview of the evolution of thought on leadership and describes many of the common leadership theories developed between the early 20th century and today. This book provides a framework to help guide the acquisition of characteristics and behaviors associated with effective leadership, incorporating both moral and technical competence.
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Exceptional Leadership: 16 Critical Competencies for Healthcare Executives, Second Edition
New to this edition: a feature case study at the beginning of the book and a supportive vignette within each competency chapter to provide practical and real-world application to each competency Two minicases with discussion questions at the end of each competency chapter for further consideration and self-reflection Six new chapters that demonstrate how to apply the book s concepts at both the individual and organizational levels A new chapter on physician leadership that incorporates findings from interviews with industry leaders and provides a helpful roadmap for those transitioning into the physician executive role Through a clear and focused approach based on current research, this book provides a solid understanding of the tools needed by great leaders.
There are good leaders, then there are exceptional leaders. Included in this book is a self-development plan and interview questions to apply the knowledge learned. Each of the 16 competencies is explored in a chapter that defines the competency, explains the common skill deficits that get in its way, and provides examples and advice on how to master it.
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Ethics in Health Administration: A Practical Approach for Decision Makers
Ethics in health administration, third edition translates the principles and practice of ethics into usable information for application to the real world of healthcare administration and the critical issues faced by today's healthcare administrators. The third edition is an extensive revision that addresses the many new ethical challenges administrators will face, in light of the Affordable Care Act ACA.
Fictional cases based on real-world events help to emphasize chapter content and create interest for the learner. The author's reader-friendly writing style easily engages students while challenging them to think critically. Careful attention is given to the ACA concept of patient-centered care through safety and quality standards.
Each chapter includes points to ponder, summary statements, Web sites, and additional resources to further enhance learning.
Leadership: Theory and Practice
Case studies and questionnaires provide students with practical examples and opportunities to deepen their personal understanding of their own leadership. . Peter G. The new edition also includes a new Ethical Leadership Style Questionnaire and new coverage on the dark side of leadership and destructive leadership.
Adopted at more than 1600 institutions in 89 countries and translated into 13 different languages, this market-leading text successfully combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style and special emphasis on how leadership theory can inform leadership practice.
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Human Resource Management in Health Care: Principles and Practices
It also offers:• all data updated throughout• new section on health care legislation• New section in each chapter, "Customer Service Box", that emphasizes the importance of customer service in the context of the material presented in the chapter. The case study is resolved at the conclusion of each chapter along with expert commentary and practical suggestions that can be used in the real world.
Chapters also feature learning objectives, discussion points, and questions to ponder. Written for practitioners and students in all disciplines related to health, labor unions, it covers important topics such as recruitment, legal issues, training, termination, and more. Each chapter is introduced by a case study related to the material that follows.
Completely revised instructor ancillary material.
Introduction to Health Care Management
It is the perfect resource for students of healthcare management, public administration, occupational therapy, business administration, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and public health. The third edition is a thorough update that offers new and revised case studies, bioterrorism, human trafficking, medical tourism, vaccine preventable diseases, violence in health care settings, as well as a new chapter on Special Topics and Emerging Issues in Health Care Management that examines current topics including re-emerging outbreaks, a new glossary of terms, and consumer directed health care.
No writing, minimal cover wear. Introduction to health care management, introductory healthcare management text that covers a wide variety of healthcare settings, Third Edition is a concise, reader-friendly, from hospitals to nursing homes and clinics. Key features:• chapters contributed by real experts using an active voice to grab the reader's attention• instructors' resources online for each chapter, in an assortment of healthcare management topics• A case study guide, study tools, with rubrics for evaluation of student performance, Test Bank, enabling instructors at every level of experience to hit the ground running on that first day of class• Includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access, and Sample Syllabus• Updated case studies in a wide variety of settings, including PowerPoints, a complete package of mobile-ready course materials including interactive eBook, and assessments Used book in Good Condition.
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Healthcare Finance: An Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management
Particular content changes include: expanded discussion of health insurance, and the impact of healthcare reform on provider behavior A new presentation of managerial accounting material that follows a more logical progression of concepts, department, service rather than techniques Coverage of three service-line costing methods: cost-to-charge ratio, emphasizing the level of analysis organization, reimbursement methodologies, relative value unit, and activity-based costing.
Updated financial accounting formats that conform to the latest American Institute of Certified Public Accountants guidance Increased coverage of the revenue cycle Used book in Good Condition. No writing, minimal cover wear. This thoroughly updated edition provides more emphasis on the unique marketplace for healthcare services and additional examples from nonhospital settings, nursing homes, clinics, including medical practices, home health agencies, and managed care organizations.
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An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
Patients receive bills in code, from entrepreneurial doctors they never even saw. The system is in tatters, but we can fight back. Dr. In clear and practical terms, she spells out exactly how to decode medical doublespeak, avoid the pitfalls of the pharmaceuticals racket, and get the care you and your family deserve.
Penguin press. How did healthcare, the highly profitable industry? Hospital systems, which are managed by business executives, behave like predatory lenders, the caring endeavor, become healthcare, hounding patients and seizing their homes. She takes you inside the doctor-patient relationship and to hospital C-suites, explaining step-by-step the workings of a system badly lacking transparency.
This is about what we can do, as individual patients, both to navigate the maze that is American healthcare and also to demand far-reaching reform. An american sickness is the frontline defense against a healthcare system that no longer has our well-being at heart. Used book in Good Condition.
The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization, Eighth Edition
Drawing on the experiences of high-performing and Baldrige Award-winning organizations, best practices, it details how to manage a healthcare organization using evidence, benchmarks and a culture of continuous improvement. This popular resource has prepared thousands of healthcare management, medical, nursing, allied health, and health information management students to effectively lead in healthcare organizations.
The well-managed Healthcare Organization is the most comprehensive text on healthcare management. Penguin press. No writing, minimal cover wear.
Health Informatics: A Systems Perspective
Each chapter includes learning objectives, presents key concepts, and discussion questions. Fifteen evidenced-based cases are used through the text to illustrate each chapter s concepts. This text integrates the medical, nursing, and healthcare IT professions. This book views informatics as a transforming technology, one that alters the structure of clinical processes and broader health organizations.
Available fall 2012 historically, informatics was considered as a technology for automating clinical decision making and processes. Its primary audience is graduate and professional students. It explores the use of health information technology from a systems perspective. Penguin press.