Career Opportunities in Health Care Management: Perspectives from the Field

Career Opportunities in Health Care Management: Perspectives from the Field
Sharon B. Buchbinder, RN, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Science, Towson University, Jon M. Thompson, PhD, Professor and Director, Health Services Administration Program, James Madison University

Softcover, 300 pages
ISBN: 0763759643
9780763759643
Jones & Bartlett
June 2009
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Career Opportunities in Healthcare Management is a concise, reader-friendly, introductory healthcare management book that covers a wide variety of career opportunities in a broad range of direct healthcare settings -- such as hospitals, physician practices, nursing homes, and clinics -- and non-direct health care settings, such as associations, managed care and health insurance companies, consulting firms, and medical supplier firms. It includes coverage of these topics:

The Health Care Management Workforce
Understanding Healthcare Management
Health Care Management Practice Settings
Perspectives from the Field: Profiles of Healthcare Managers
Summary and Conclusions About the Profession

Filled with first person accounts from health care managers working in the field, these profiles will engage the reader’s imagination, inform them of key issues associated with these important roles, as well as what makes these health care managers happy and eager to go to work in the morning. Beginning with an individualized 'Health Care Management Talent Quotient Quiz' and ending with a guide to finding a job in healthcare management, this hands on user-friendly resource is perfect for students and job-changers in healthcare management, nursing, allied health, business administration, pharmacy, occupational therapy, public administration, and public health.

The experienced authors use an active voice to grab the reader’s attention.
An individualized Health Care Management Talent Quotient Quiz to assess each student’s baseline aptitude and identify skills gaps that need to be addressed.
Over forty lively, first person profiles of health care managers working in the field covering everything from educational background and how they first became aware of health care management, through advice to future health care managers.
Detailed appendices that include: resources for learning more about health care management; sample programs of study; job hunting advice; frequently used terms in advertisements, sample position descriptions, do’s and don’ts of interviewing, and a sample cover letter and resume.

Sharon B. Buchbinder, RN, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Science at Towson University. Over the past three decades, Dr. Buchbinder has worked in many aspects of healthcare as a clinician, researcher, association executive, and academic. With a PhD in Public Health from the University Of Illinois School Of Public Health, she brings this blend of real world experience and theoretical constructs to undergraduate and graduate face to face and online classrooms, where she is constantly reminded of how important good teaching really is. She also conducts health care management research and provides relevant and effective service to her department, college, university, and discipline, and is Immediate Past Chair of the Board of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA).

Jon M. Thompson, PhD, is Professor and Director if the Health Services Administration Program at James Madison University. Dr. Thompson holds his Ph.D. in Health Services Organization and Research from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University. He has significant experience as a practitioner, having served as a marketing and public relations administrator at a large, hospital-based health system, and as a consultant to various health services organizations. He is an active researcher, and has published widely and presented at national meetings on diverse administrative subjects including managed care, quality, hospital operational and financial performance, human resources and health care teams, and healthcare marketing. In addition, he has held leadership roles in several national professional health services organizations. He has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate level in healthcare management.

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