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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Physician Executive & Practice Management Books Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management Books This Guide offers reading and reference book suggestions for doctors, physician leaders and practice managers. Subjects include practice management, leadership, medical staff organization, group management and other relevant topics. We know your time is precious, so we have made it our goal to collect the very best titles for you all in one place. For your convenience, you may also purchase any of these books through Amazon.com while you are here. To buy a particular book, simply add it to your shopping cart after you learn about the book by following its link. If you want more than one, just return to this page and click additional titles. Your shopping cart will remain open and accessible to you. It is very easy. 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This will allow you to use this page as future reference - to return for more browsing, as time permits.    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 Converting to Core Privileging - HCPro, May 2007 Core Privileges for AHPs - HCPro, Feb 2008 Core Privileges for Physicians: Developing & Implementing Criteria-Based Privileges, 4e - Dec 2007 (The) CRC's Top Credentialing Letters: Medical Staff Office Library - Nov 2006 Credentialing Audits: Tools for Compliance & Reduced Liability - HCPro, Oct 2006 (The) Credentialing Coordinators Handbook - HCPro, Aug 2007 (The) Credentials Verification Desk Reference - current edition Credentials Verification Desk Reference - HCPro, Jan 2008 (A) Curbside Consult on Design: Strategic Objectives to Patient Services - Oct 2002 (A) Curbside Consult on Hospital Committees & Teams - Oct 2001 Customer Service - for customer satisfaction resources, see our customer service books 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 (The) FPPE Toolbox: Field-tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency - HCPro, Jun 2008 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 physician practices, 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 Infection Control - for infection control manuals, see our infection control page 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 Books - for guidance in marketing, please see health administration page 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 Office Compliance Handbook - MMI, Contexo, 2009 Medical Office Financial Handbook - MMI, Contexo, 2009 Medical Office Policy Handbook - MMI, Contexo, 2009 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 Patient Satisfaction - for patient satisfaction resources, see our customer service 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 Physician Entrepreneurs: Going Retail - HCPro, Dec 2007 Physician Entrepreneurs: Marketing Toolkit - HCPro, Feb 2008 Physician Entrepreneurs: Strength in Numbers - HCPro, Jun 2008 (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 Teaching & Assessing the ACGME Core Competencies - HCPro, May 2007 (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 Quality Improvement - for quality improvement books, see our QI books 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 (The) Satisfied Patient: Guide to Preventing Malpractice Claims, 2e - HCPro, Jul 2007 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 the AHP Conundrum: How to Comply with HR Standards - HCPro, Sep 2007 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 Statistics - for more statistics books, see our CQI and Quality page 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 Top 25 Policies & Procedures for Outpatient Surgery - Oct 2004 (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, 4e - Mar 2007 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 We also have books for you in Administration, Law. & HR;   We have Coding Books or Billing Books, And, we have Journals & Publications for practice management. 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