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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Health Administration > Superior Productivity in Health Care Organizations Superior Productivity in Health Care Organizations: How to Get It, How to Keep It Paul Fogel, MBA Softcover, 208 pages ISBN 1878812939 9781878812933 Health Professions Press October 2003 (click the button below for the very best available price) Recommended by ACHE and loaded with practical, enduring solutions, this book will help hospital and health system management reclaim lost productivity in a surprisingly short time and at low cost.  Based on the author's direct experience with over 50 hospitals, the text takes you step by step through the process from analysis to implementation of productivity standards and beyond.    This book will help you: Identify and avoid the pitfalls that make most popular productivity strategies go awry Reduce expenses to match the organization's revenues Develop and implement realistic and understandable labor standards Relate productivity to strategic goals Resolve underlying management problems and implement core productivity concepts Determine the proper role for department managers in increasing productivity Determine the optimal time to use benchmarking Avoid falling back on stopgap measures (e.g., layoffs) Institute effective, customized monitoring systems and protocols Develop suitable incentives and consequences for performance Formulate new procedures to capture and build on what has been accomplished Invigorate the productivity of any organization with entrepreneurship and innovation Overcome entrenched politics that put off needed changes Dozens of incisive illustrations, tables, flowcharts, and case studies illuminate the text's core concepts of: measurement accountability simplicity fairness Get the only book that tackles head on the productivity and viability issues on the minds of: hospital administrators physicians corporate health system staff financial executives practice management administrators clinical and technical managers business planning and financial analysts marketing specialists health care consultants students in health administration When deteriorating margins jeopardize your hospital's or health system's financial health, take your organization off the critical list with Superior Productivity in Health Care Organizations: How to Get It, How to Keep It. (information from the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore