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Well-Managed Healthcare Organization, 6th Edition  ISBN 1567932584 9781567932584 Health Administration Press / ACHE September 2006 (click the button below for the very best available price)
Published by the American College of Healthcare Executives and a staple in healthcare management for years, The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization has helped improve skills and knowledge for thousands of successful healthcare managers. This book is the definitive resource on managing all aspects of a healthcare delivery organization, including:
Not strictly hospital-based, the book emphasizes the importance of the continuum of care and includes a new chapter on prevention and non-acute services. Included is new material about:
Like its best-selling predecessors, the sixth edition of The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization describes the corporate, clinical, and logistic processes that healthcare leaders use to meet community needs.
The book details the various activities involved in managing care and stresses the interdependence between functional areas. Several themes - the role of the mission, evidence-based decisions, measured performance, continuous improvement, and reward - are carried through each discussion.
Extensively revised to reflect developments in the field the new edition reflects important changes in technology and management approaches. The sixth edition includes new information about:
Preparing for the ACHE Board of Governors Exam? This book is an ideal study tool.
An award-winning resource for healthcare managers the first edition of The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization won the prestigious James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award given by the American College of Healthcare Executives. The fourth edition was named Book of the Year by the Health Information Management Systems Society and was selected for inclusion in A Buyer's Guide to the 250 Best Health Sciences Books by Doody's Rating Service. You can view these excerpts here: John R. Griffith, M.B.A., FACHE, is the Andrew Pattullo Collegiate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Kenneth R. White, Ph.D., FACHE, is professor of health administration and nursing and director of the Graduate Program in Health Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Founded in 1933, the American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of 30,000 healthcare executives who lead our nation's hospitals, healthcare systems, and other healthcare organizations. ACHE's publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on all aspects of health services management. Health Administration Press is a division of the Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). ACHE is an international professional society of 30,000 healthcare executives who lead our nation's hospitals, healthcare systems, and other healthcare organizations. ACHE is known for its prestigious credentialing and educational programs and its annual Congress on Healthcare Management, which draws more than 4,000 participants each year. ACHE is also known for its magazine, Healthcare Executive, as well as its groundbreaking research and career development and public policy programs. Through such efforts, ACHE works toward its goal of being the premier professional society for healthcare leaders by providing exceptional value to its members. Founded in 1972 with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Health Administration Press has grown from a small office on the campus of the University of Michigan to one of the largest publishers of books and journals on all aspects of health services management, including textbooks for use in college and university courses. Now located in downtown Chicago, the Press also publishes two journals, the Journal of Healthcare Management and Frontiers of Health Services Management. Hardbound, 688 ppISBN 1567932584 Health Administration Press / ACHE September 2006 (click the button below for the very best available price)
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