Guide for Physician Executives, Medical Staff and Practice Managers

This Guide provides a wealth of resources for physicians, medical directors and practice managers. Before visiting the pages provided below, we suggest that you go ahead and bookmark this page, so that you may find your way back here whenever you wish.

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Web Resources

American College of Medical Quality - ACMQ
American College of Physician Executives - ACPE
Association for Benchmarking Health Care - ABHC
Association of University Programs in Health Administration - AUPHA
Calendar of Health Observance Dates - up-to-date listing by month & year
Center for Health Care Strategies - Robert Wood Foundation site, articles
Clinical Tools - decision support tools - calculators, scores, scales, tables
Data, Trends, Benchmarks, Stats, Directories - locate healthcare data
Disasters, Emergencies & Bioterrorism - guides from HHS
Evidence-based Practices - reports from AHRQ, by medical specialty
Fact Sheets from AHRQ - from Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Family Practice Handbook - specific treatment info for docs
Glossary of Managed Care Terms - management definitions
Guide to Hospital Associations - listing of hospital associations by state
Guide to Professional Associations - find numerous health professions groups
Health Care Compliance Association - HCCA
Health Care Quality Resources - links to numerous QI, QA or PI resources
HospitalWeb - Harvard U., find numerous hospital website links
HIPAA - HIPAA info & resources from AMA
HSTAT - searchable collection of large, full-text clinical practice guidelines
Medical Group Management Association - MGMA
MedlinePlus - can retrieve patient education materials
Morbidity & Mortality Rounds - analyses of errors & safety cases
National Guideline Clearinghouse - evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
National Library of Medicine - MEDLINE & PUBMED
New York Stock Exchange
NIH Clinical Alerts and Advisories
HHS Office of Inspector General - regulations & notices can be downloaded here
Peer Review Organizational Manual - full online version, from CMS
Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines - from U.C. San Francisco
Salary Surveys - in healthcare
What Physician Executives Need to Know about HIPAA - good article from AHCPR
World Health Organization - WHO

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Books for Physician Executives & Practice Managers

This is a list of books of interest to physicians, medical managers and physician leaders. We have made it our goal to collect the very best titles for you here - so that you may access them all in one place. For your convenience, you may also purchase any of these books through Amazon.com. If you wish to buy a particular book, you simply add it to your shopping cart after you learn about the book by following its link. You may also simply prefer to browse these books at your leisure, without purchasing. Before exploring the books below, which shall open in new windows, bookmark this page first - so that you will be able to return here easily anytime you wish to.

10 Powerful Ideas for Improving Patient Care - Apr 2005
222 Secrets: Hiring, Managing & Retaining Employees in Healthcare Practices - Nov 2006
ABMS Directory of Certified Medical Specialists - newest edition, both books & CDs
Academic Health Centers: Leading Change in the 21st Century - Jun 2004
Accounting - for practice accounting, see our financial resources page
Accreditation - please go to our compliance & legal resource page
Advanced Disaster Medical Response Manual for Providers - Jul 2003
AHFS Drug Information - ASHP, current edition
AHFS Drug Information Essentials - AHFS, ASHP, current edition
AHP Competencies: A Method for Effective Assessment - Feb 2005
Allies or Adversaries: Revitalizing the Medical Staff Organization - Jul 2004
Applying Personal Leadership Principles to Health Care - ACPE, 2001
Assessing & Improving Staffing & Organization - AMA, 2000
Assessing New Procedures & Technologies: Credentialing, Privileging, Dispute Resolution - Oct 2006
Assessing the Value of a Medical Practice, 2e - Feb 2004
Assessment Manual for Medical Groups, 4e - MGMA, Jul 2002
Atlas of Human Anatomy, 4e - updated classic by Netter, Jul 2006
Awakening Hippocrates: A Primer on Health, Poverty, & Global Service - Apr 2006
Becoming a Successful Clinical Research Investigator - CenterWatch, Jun 2005
Better Communication for Better Care: Physician-Administrator Collaboration - Feb 2005
Beyond Disengagement: Recreating the Physician Practice - 2001
Billing Issues - please go to Reimbursement page here or Coding page here
Bioethics & Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine & War - MIT, Jun 2006
Biological Weapons Defense: Principles & Mechanisms for Infectious Diseases - 2004
Bioterrorism: A Guide for Hospital Preparedness - Dec 2004
Bioterrorism: Field Guide to Disease Identification & Initial Patient Management - 2003
Building Practice Revenue: A Guide to Developing New Services - MGMA, 2003
(The) Business of Medical Practice: Advanced Profit Maximization, 2e - Jun 2004
Buying, Selling & Owning the Medical Practice, 2e - Nov 2003
Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside - Apr 2006
(A) Career Guide for Physician Executives - ACPE, Apr 2006
Coding Books - please go to our Coding resource page here
Collaborate for Success: Engaging Physicians, Nurses & Executives - ACHE, Sep 2006
Communicating with Today's Patient - Sep 2000
Competency Assessment - please see our HR page for competency assessment resources
Complementary Medicine in Clinical Practice - Jun 2005
Compliance Books - please go to our compliance & legal resource page
Compliance Guide for the Medical Practice - AMA, Sep 2006
(The) Compliance Guide to the Medical Staff Standards, 5e - Nov 2006
(The) Comprehensive Guide to Credentialing & Privileging for Ambulatory Surgery - Jan 2005
(The) Comprehensive Guide to Medical Staff Credentialing & Privileging - 2003
Contemporary Medical Office Procedures, 3e - Aug 2003
Core Privileges for Physicians: Developing & Implementing Criteria-Based Privileges, 4e - HCPro, Dec 2007
(The) CRC's Top Credentialing Letters: Medical Staff Office Library - Nov 2006
(The) Credentials Verification Desk Reference - current edition
Credentialing Audits: Tools for Compliance & Reduced Liability - HCPro, Oct 2006
(A) Curbside Consult on Design: Strategic Objectives to Patient Services - Oct 2002
(A) Curbside Consult on Hospital Committees & Teams - Oct 2001
Cutting Costs in the Physician Practice, 2e - Aug 2005
Design & Analysis of Clinical Trials: Concepts & Methodologies, 2e - Nov 2003
Developing & Managing an Ambulatory Surgery Center - MGMA, 2000
Directory of Healthcare Recruiters - updated
Directory of Physicians in the US - AMA, current editions, both book & CD-ROM formats
Disaster Medicine, 2e - Mar 2007
Disaster Planning for the Clinical Practice - May 2008
(The) Doctor's Wealth Preservation Guide, 4e - Jan 2007
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 31e - May 2007
Drug Facts and Comparisons: Full Version & Pocket Version - 2009
Effective Peer Review: A Practical Guide, 2e - Jun 2007
(The) Efficient Physician: 7 Guiding Principles for Tech-Savvy Practice, 2e - MGMA, May 2005
Electronic Health Records: Transforming Your Medical Practice - MGMA, Apr 2005
Emergency Department Manual - always current
Emergency Department On-Call Strategies - HCPro, Jun 2006
Entering Private Practice: A Handbook for Psychiatrists - Sep 2005
(The) Essential Guide to Medical Staff Reappointment, 2e - Mar 2008
Essentials of Medical Management - ACPE, Jul 2003
Essentials of Physician Practice Management - Aug 2004
Evidence-Based Diagnosis: Handbook of Clinical Prediction Rules - Mar 2001
Evidence-Based Practice: Logic & Critical Thinking in Medicine - Oct 2004
(The) Family Practitioner's Survival Guide to the Business of Medicine, 2e - 1998
(The) Field Guide to Physician Coding - Sep 2006
Fight Fatigue: A Resident Director's Guide to Combat Resident Fatigue - Jun 2005
Financial Management of the Medical Practice - AMA, Sep 2002
Financial - for physician resources, see our Financial Books page
First Responders Guide to WMD: Practical Techniques & Procedures - Dec 2001
Five-Star Customer Service: Step-by-Step Guide for Physician Practices - Nov 2005
Fundamentals of Medical Management: Guide for the Physician Executive, 2e - 2000
Fundamentals of Physician Practice Management - ACHE, Dec 2005
(The) Future of Primary Care - Feb 2004
Generalist Medicine & the US Health Care System - Mar 2004
Good Practices for Medical Emergency Teams - JCAHO, Jan 2007
Grant Application Writer's Handbook, 4e - Sep 2004
Gray's Anatomy - multimedia package, Dec 2004
(The) Greeley Company Guide to Medical Staff Bylaws, 2e - Oct 2008
Group Medical Appointments (GMAs) - Apr 2006
(A) Guide to AHP Credentialing, 2e - Nov 2004
(A) Guide to Patient Recruitment and Retention - CenterWatch, Apr 2004
Handbook of Medical Office Communications - AMA, Dec 2004
Handbook on Injectable Drugs, 14e - ASHP, Oct 2006
Haimann's Healthcare Management, 7e - 2002
Health & Safety Management for Medical Practices - AMA, 2002
Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions: Physician Practices - Jan 2002
HIPAA for Physicians - please see our compliance resources here
Hiring a New Associate: Tips to Find Dr. Right - Feb 2006
Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point - Jan 2007
Hospital Infections, 5e - Oct 2007
(The) Hospitalist Program Management Guide - 2003
Hospitalists: Guide to Building & Sustaining a Successful Program - ACHE, Jan 2008
How to Grow Your Investigative Site: Successful Research Center - Mar 2002
How to Recruit, Motivate & Manage a Winning Staff: Medical Practice Guidebook - Aug 2004
How to Report Statistics in Medicine, 2e - ACP, Dec 2006
Human Resources for practice administrators - please see our HR resources
Improving Primary Care: Strategies & Tools for a Better Practice - Sep 2006
Independence Day: Revolutionizing the Physician's Role - Apr 2002
Innovation-Driven Health Care: 36 Key Concepts for Transformation - Feb 2007
In Office MRI: Assessment & Implementation Strategies - Aug 2005
Insider's Guide to ACGME Survey Prep - HCPro, Jun 2006
Institutional Review Board: Management & Function, 2e - 2005
Institutional Review Board: Member Handbook, 2e - Nov 2006
Institutional Review Board: Study Guide, 2e - 2006
Integration Strategies for the Medical Practice, 2e - Feb 2005
Interventions Following Mass Violence & Disasters: Strategies for Mental Health - Jan 2006
Job Description Manual for Medical Practices - MGMA, Jul 2002
Leadership for Great Customer Service: Satisfied Patients, Satisfied Employees - Sep 2004
Leading Physicians Through Change: Achieve & Sustain Results - Sep 2000
Leading Transformational Change: The Physician-Executive Partnership - 2001
Legal Issues - go to our long list of legal books for physicians here
Lexi-Comp's Drug Information Handbook - current edition
Malpractice Issues - please see our malpractice & legal resources here
Managed Care Contracting: Successful Strategies - AMA, 1999
Managed Care Glossary - 2006
Managed Care Survival Guide for Healthcare Providers - HCPro, Sep 2006
Management Issues - also see our Health Administration resources here
(A) Manager's Guide to the Design & Conduct of Clinical Trials, 2e - Apr 2006
Managing Managed Care in the Medical Practice, 2e - Mar 2004
Managing Medical Office Personnel - PMIC, 2000
Managing the Medical Practice, 2e - AMA, Oct 2002
Manual of Diagnostic & Laboratory Tests, 3e - Mosby, Nov 2005
Marketing Your Clinical Practice: Ethically, Effectively, Economically, 3e - 2004
Mastering Patient Flow: Increase Efficiency & Earnings, 3e - MGMA, May 2007
Medical & Dental Space Planning: A Comprehensive Guide, 3e - 2002
Medical Drug Reference - Mosby, 2007 edition
Medical Errors - please see our list of Risk Management Books
Medical Errors & Medical Narcissism - Dec 2004
(The) Medical Executive Committee Handbook, 2e - 2002
Medical Fees in the US - PMIC, current editions
Medical Group Management: Strategies for Enhancing Performance - Dec 2002
Medical Group Practice: Legal and Administrative Guide - 2003, with updates
Medical Malpractice Books & Resources - See full list of malpractice books here!
Medical Practice Business Plan Workbook, 2e - Nov 2003
Medical Practice Forms, 3e - 2003
Medical Practice Handbook: Accounting, Managed Care, Operations - 2002
Medical Practice Management System - Feb 2007
Medical Practice Policies & Procedures - AMA, Mar 2005
(The) Medical Staff Handbook: A Guide to Joint Commission Standards, 2e - 2003
Medical Staff Law: Guide for Medical Staff Professionals & Physician Leaders - Jan 2005
(The) Medical Staff Leader's Practical Guide, 5e - Dec 2004
Medical Staff Services Handbook - May 2006
Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative & Beyond - 2007
Medication Safety & Cost Recovery: Four Step Approach for Executives - 2001
Medication Teaching Manual, 8e - ASHP, AHFS, Dec 2003
Medicine and Business: Bridging the Gap - 2001
(The) Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy, 18e - Apr 2006
MGMA Academic Practice Compensation & Production Survey - most current version
MGMA Ambulatory Surgery Center Performance Survey - current version
MGMA Coding Profile Sourcebook: Medical Specialties - most current version
MGMA Coding Profile Sourcebook: Primary Care Specialties - current version
MGMA Coding Profile Sourcebook: Surgical Specialties - current version
MGMA Connexion - monthly publication
MGMA Cost Survey: Multispecialty Practices Report - most current version!
MGMA Cost Survey: Single Specialty Practices Report - most current version!
MGMA Management Compensation Survey - current version
MGMA Performance & Practices of Successful Medical Groups - current version
MGMA Physician Compensation & Production Survey - current version
Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy - updated classic by Netter
(The) New Health Partners: Renewing Leadership of Physician Practice - 1999
Operating Policies & Procedures Manual for Medical Practices, 3e - MGMA, Nov 2006
Pandemic Point-of-Care Pocket Guide - Dec 2006
Patient Errors - please see our list of Patient Errors Books
Patient Safety - please see our list of Patient Safety Books
PDR / Physician's Desk Reference - both book, supplements & electronic versions, 2008
PDR Companion Guide - 2008
PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals, 3e - Oct 2007
PDR for Herbal Medicines, 4e - Oct 2007
PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, Dietary Supplements, & Herbs - 2008
PDR for Nutritional Supplements - 2001
PDR for Ophthalmic Medicines - 2008 edition
PDR Guide to Biological & Chemical Warfare Response - Feb 2002
PDR Guide to Drug Interactions, Side Effects & Indications - 2008
PDR Guide to Terrorism Response - Jan 2006
Perfect Medical Presentations - Feb 2005
Personnel Resources for Practice Administrators - see our HR page
Physician Ancillary Services - Sep 2005
Physician Billing - please go to Reimbursement page here or Coding page here
Physician Characteristics & Distribution in the US - AMA, current edition
Physician Compensation & Production Survey - MGMA, current editions
Physician Compensation: Aligning Financial Goals & Incentives, 2e - Oct 2002
Physician Compensation: Measurement, Benchmarking & Implementation - Sep 2000
Physician Compensation Strategies, 2e - AMA, Aug 2004
Physician Compensation Plans: State-Of-The-Art Strategies - MGMA, Jun 2006
Physician Empowerment Through Capitation - 2000
(The) Physician Leader's Guide - 2000
(The) Physician Manager's Handbook: Essential Business Skills, 2e - Dec 2007
Physician Practice Management: Operational & Financial - MGMA, Jan 2005
Physician Profiling: Background & Practical Experience - ACPE, 2000
Physician Recruitment & Employment, 2e - Dec 2006
Physician Recruitment, Retention and Separation - AMA, Aug 2002
Physician Relations Today: A Model for Growth - Sep 2004
Physicians as Leaders: Who, How, & Why Now? Nov 2005
Physicians' Guide to Implementing the Medicare Quality Reporting Initiative - Ingenix, 2007
(The) Physician's Guide to Survival & Success in the Medical Practice - Apr 2007
Physician's Guide to Terrorist Attack - Nov 2003
(The) Physician's Survival Guide for the Hospital - Mar 2006
Positive Leadership in Health Care - ACPE, May 2005
(A) Practical Guide to Assessing the Competency of Low-Volume Providers - Nov 2004
(A) Practical Guide to EMTALA Compliance - Dec 2003
(A) Practical Guide to Global Health Service - AMA, Apr 2006
(A) Practical Guide to Preventing & Solving Disruptive Physician Behavior - 2004
(The) Practice Administrator's Complete Personnel Toolkit - HCPro, Oct 2006
Practice Management: Starting & Running a Medical Office - Apr 2004
Practice Without Fear: Guide to Liability Reduction & Asset Protection - 2003
Practicing Medicine in Difficult Times: Protecting Physicians from Malpractice Litigation - Jul 2008
Preparing for Mass Casualties - Jan 2002
(The) Prescription for Financial Health: Authoritative Guide for Physicians - Sep 2005
(The) Primary Care-Market Share Connection: Achieve Competitive Advantage - ACHE, Mar 2007
Primary Care Provider's Guide to Compensation & Quality - May 2005
Privileging Conflicts: How to Resolve Turf Disputes - Nov 2004
(The) Privileging Quick Reference Guide, 3e - Dec 2005
Proctoring & Focused Professional Practice Evaluation: Physician Competence - Nov 2006
Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide, 2e - Mar 2005
Putting Patients First: Designing & Practicing Patient-Centered Care - 2003
RBRVS & RVUs - please go to our coding resource page
Ready, Set, Credential! Strategies to Train Your Staff - Oct 2006
Ready, Set, Market! Marketing Your Physician Practice - MGMA, 1999
Reclaiming your Future: Entrepreneurial Thinking in Health Care - ACPE, 2002
Red Book - drug information, current edition
Reimbursement Issues - see finance books or coding books here
Reinventing Medical Practice: Care Delivery that Satisfies - MGMA, 2002
Relative Values for Physicians - Ingenix, current edition
(The) Resilient Physician - AMA, 2001
Resolving Patient Complaints: Effective Service Recovery, 2e - Mar 2004
Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare - Jan 2007
Rightsizing: Appropriate Staffing for Your Medical Practice - MGMA, 2003
Risk Adjustment for Measuring Healthcare Outcomes, 3e - ACHE, 2003
Risk Management - see our risk management resources
Rx for Business Success: Joining a Medical Practice - Sep 2005
Safety - please see our list of Patient Safety Books
Scheduling Strategies for Ambulatory Surgery Centers - Mar 2005
Secrets of the Best-Run Practices - Aug 2005
Shared Decision Making in the Patient-Physician Relationship - ACPE, 2001
(A) Shared Destiny: Community Effects of Uninsurance - Apr 2003
Solving Partner-Level Challenges in Ambulatory Surgery Centers - Dec 2004
Specialty Care in the Era of Managed Care - Sep 2005
Starting a Medical Practice, 2e - AMA, Mar 2003
Star-Studded Service: 6 Steps to Winning Patient Satisfaction - MGMA, Feb 2007
State Medical Licensure Requirements & Statistics - AMA, newest edition
Stedman's Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols - newest version
Stedman's Medical Dictionary - CD-ROM & book formats
Stedman's Medical / Pharmaceutical Spellchecker, Plus Version - software
(The) Successful Physician: Productivity Handbook for Practitioners - Dec 2003
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20e - Apr 2005
Tools & Strategies for an Effective Hospitalist Program - Apr 2006
(The) Top 15 Financial Management Policies & Procedures: Physician Practices - 2005
(The) Top 15 Policies & Procedures: Reduce Liability for Practices - Jun 2005
(The) Top 15 Staff Management Policies & Procedures for Physician Practices - Dec 2005
(The) Top 30 Medical Staff Policies & Procedures, 3e - Feb 2004
Total Care Management: Physician Executive Guide - 2001
Toward a 21st Century Health System: Promise of Prepaid Group Practice - Mar 2004
Understanding Medical Markets: Guidebook for Physicians - ACPE, 2002
USP DI - Desktop Series - label & off-label prescription drug info
USP DI - Volumes I, II, & III - all current editions
Valuation of a Medical Practice - 1999
Verify & Comply: JCAHO & NCQA Standards for Credentialing, 3e - May 2004
Wealth Protection MD: The Ultimate Financial Guide - Jan 2004
What Works: Effective Tools to Improve Clinical Office Practice - Apr 2004
Winning Your Malpractice Case: Practical Advice for Physician - Dec 2005
(The) Wisdom of Top Health Care CEOs: Success in Medical Management - Dec 2003
Writing & Defending Your Expert Report - Jan 2002
(The) Yale Management Guide for Physicians - 2001
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