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How To Be A Nurse or Midwife Leader (Paperback): D. Ashton How To Be A Nurse or Midwife Leader (Paperback)
D. Ashton
R869 Discovery Miles 8 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How to be a Nurse or Midwife Leader is an indispensable guide for all nurses and midwives who wish to develop and improve their practice as leaders. Written in collaboration with the NHS Leadership Academy, this practical book draws on the real experience of over 10,000 nurses and midwives to bring leadership dilemmas to life in specific situations. Key learning features include: * How to develop your self-awareness * How to develop your personal impact and presence * How to survive and thrive * How to get your message across * How to get the best out of others * How to work with and lead other professionals and patients * How to have courageous conversations * How to balance conflicting demands and needs Containing exercises and reflective questions to help apply theory to leadership practice, How to be a Nurse or Midwife Leader is an ideal companion for all nurses and midwives, whether you are newly qualified, or stepping into a team leader role.

The Economics of Resource Allocation in Health Care - Cost-utility, social value, and fairness (Hardcover): Andrea Klonschinski The Economics of Resource Allocation in Health Care - Cost-utility, social value, and fairness (Hardcover)
Andrea Klonschinski
R4,206 Discovery Miles 42 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The question of how to allocate scarce medical resources has become an important public policy issue in recent decades. Cost-utility analysis is the most commonly used method for determining the allocation of these resources, but this book counters the argument that overcoming its inherent imbalances is simply a question of implementing methodological changes. The Economics of Resource Allocation in Health Care represents the first comprehensive analysis of equity weighting in health care resource allocation that offers a fundamental critique of its basic framework. It offers a critique of health economics, putting the discourse on economic evaluation into its broader socio-political context. Such an approach broadens the debate on fairness in health economics and ties it in with deeper-rooted problems in moral philosophy. Ultimately, this interdisciplinary study calls for the adoption of a fundamentally different paradigm to address the distribution of scarce medical resources. This book will be of interest to policy makers, health care professionals, and post-graduate students looking to broaden their understanding of the economics of the health care system.

Analysing Health Care Organizations - A Personal Anthology (Hardcover): Ewan Ferlie Analysing Health Care Organizations - A Personal Anthology (Hardcover)
Ewan Ferlie
R4,351 Discovery Miles 43 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Analysing Health Care Organizations seeks to link the world of health policy and management with the academic field of organization studies in a novel and additive way. It outlines the main developments in UK health care management apparent over the last thirty years and explores how they might be (re)seen with the application of some important organizational theories and perspectives. This book draws out contemporary and enduring themes from current literature on health care organization and considers them from a range of theoretical perspectives. Drawing on robust areas of research and some key academics who contribute to work in this field, it is a book relevant both to experts in the field and to those seeking to develop an understanding of health care organization from a theoretical perspective. Analysing Health Care Organizations provides a state of the art introduction foundation for subsequent works that will extend its content; providing a broad introductory overview of this theoretical terrain and setting the scene for further research.

Hoshin Kanri for Healthcare - Toyota-Style Long-Term Thinking and Strategy Deployment to Unlock Your Organization's True... Hoshin Kanri for Healthcare - Toyota-Style Long-Term Thinking and Strategy Deployment to Unlock Your Organization's True Potential (Hardcover)
Gerard A. Berlanga, Brock C. Husby, Heather K. Anderson
R3,903 Discovery Miles 39 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The best healthcare organizations have developed effective approaches to develop compelling strategic visions and strategies based on long-term thinking and continue to apply Lean principles across their organizations to create a culture of continuous improvement. Establishing effective strategies and Toyota style Hoshin Kanri enables healthcare organizations to align everyone in the organizations and creates a unique competitive advantage. This book follows a regional hospital's journey through the creation of long-term strategic goals and Toyota Style strategy deployment.

Delivering Personal Health Budgets - A Guide to Policy and Practice (Hardcover): Vidhya Alakeson Delivering Personal Health Budgets - A Guide to Policy and Practice (Hardcover)
Vidhya Alakeson
R2,102 Discovery Miles 21 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Personal health budgets are an important new tool to improve the lives of people living with long-term conditions and disabilities by giving them greater choice and control over their healthcare.This is the first step-by-step guide to their implementation. Using current evidence and best practice identified by pilot sites, Delivering personal health budgets contains everything there is to know about the purpose and history of personal health budgets, the evidence for their effectiveness and the challenges they pose to traditional healthcare systems. It describes the essential infrastructure needed for personal health budgets and includes implementation checklists.The book focuses on how personal health budgets can be implemented to achieve the best possible outcomes for individuals, while real life stories from personal health budget holders bring their potential vividly to life. Delivering personal health budgets is essential reading for commissioners, healthcare providers, clinicians and policy makers who are looking for an informative and authoritative guide.

Blueprint for Engagement - Authentic Leadership (Hardcover): Norma T. Hollis Blueprint for Engagement - Authentic Leadership (Hardcover)
Norma T. Hollis
R1,261 Discovery Miles 12 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Authentic leadership is an approach to leadership that emphasizes building the leader's legitimacy through honest relationships with followers which value their input and are built on an ethical foundation. By building trust and generating enthusiastic support from their subordinates, authentic leaders are able to improve individual and team performance. Many scholars and practitioners of authentic leadership say that the number one quality of an authentic leader is self-awareness. Self-aware leaders are transformational. Armed with self-awareness they build engaging, cooperative teams. How to gain and sustain self-awareness is the focus of the book. This book addresses current leadership challenges in health care and gives leaders guidelines for finding, living and sharing their authentic voice at home and at work. It is a much needed handbook to give current leaders perspective and practical tips to being more authentic, communicating more effectively while building engaging rapport across the organization. Additionally, a focus of the book is patient satisfaction. With a focus on nurse and physician leadership, this book provides new perspectives and action plans to increase patient satisfaction through communication that speaks to the needs of the patient in authentic and engaging ways.

Spike Island - The Memory of a Military Hospital (Paperback): Philip Hoare Spike Island - The Memory of a Military Hospital (Paperback)
Philip Hoare
R339 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R86 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The story of Netley in Southampton - its hospital, its people and the secret history of the 20th-century. Now with a new afterword uncovering astonishing evidence of Netley's links with Porton Down & experiments with LSD in the 1950s. It was the biggest hospital ever built. Stretching for a quarter of a mile along the banks of Southampton Water, the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley was an expression of Victorian imperialism in a million red bricks, a sprawling behemoth so vast that when the Americans took it over in World War II, GIs drove their jeeps down its corridors. Born out of the bloody mess of the Crimean War, it would see the first women serving in the military, trained by Florence Nightingale; the first vaccine for typhoid; and the first purpos- built military asylum. Here Wilfred Owen would be brought along with countless other shell-shocked victims of World War I - captured on film, their tremulous ghosts still haunted the asylum a generation later. In Spike Island, Philip Hoare has written a biography of a building. In the process he deals with his own past, and his own relationship to its history.

Delivering Personal Health Budgets - A Guide to Policy and Practice (Paperback): Vidhya Alakeson Delivering Personal Health Budgets - A Guide to Policy and Practice (Paperback)
Vidhya Alakeson
R632 Discovery Miles 6 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Personal health budgets are an important new tool to improve the lives of people living with long-term conditions and disabilities by giving them greater choice and control over their healthcare.This is the first step-by-step guide to their implementation. Using current evidence and best practice identified by pilot sites, Delivering personal health budgets contains everything there is to know about the purpose and history of personal health budgets, the evidence for their effectiveness and the challenges they pose to traditional healthcare systems. It describes the essential infrastructure needed for personal health budgets and includes implementation checklists.The book focuses on how personal health budgets can be implemented to achieve the best possible outcomes for individuals, while real life stories from personal health budget holders bring their potential vividly to life. Delivering personal health budgets is essential reading for commissioners, healthcare providers, clinicians and policy makers who are looking for an informative and authoritative guide.

Leading In Health Care Organizations - Improving Safety, Satisfaction, and Financial Performance (Hardcover, New): Tony Simons,... Leading In Health Care Organizations - Improving Safety, Satisfaction, and Financial Performance (Hardcover, New)
Tony Simons, Hannes Leroy, Grant T. Savage
R3,908 Discovery Miles 39 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Health care organizations around the world are judged in terms of a health care triple bottom line: ensuring employee and patient safety, maximizing employee and patient satisfaction, and meeting financial goals. Given the increasing burden of chronic diseases, the increasing complexity of medical interventions, and the increasing costs of care, innovative leadership is required to achieve this triple bottom line. The 14th volume of the Advances in Health Care Management research series addresses the links between leadership and safety, satisfaction or financial performance in health care management by exploring questions such as the following: (1) How does leadership impact employee safety? (2) How does leadership affect patient safety? (3) How does leadership impact employee satisfaction? (4) How does leadership affect patient satisfaction? (5) How does leadership affect financial performance? (6) How do health care organizations deploy multi-level leadership to achieve safety goals? Satisfaction goals? Financial goals? Multiple goals? (7) How do health care organization leaders establish and maintain a safety culture? A patient-centered culture? A high performance culture? Combined cultures?"

Leading Reliable Healthcare (Hardcover): Bandar Abdulmohsen Al Knawy Leading Reliable Healthcare (Hardcover)
Bandar Abdulmohsen Al Knawy
R1,280 Discovery Miles 12 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Leading Reliable Healthcare describes 'state of the art' healthcare management systems. The key focus of the publication is 'reliable'; describing how leadership can ensure never less than reliable standards of care for patients and how excellence can be achieved. The focus throughout is on ensuring that patients and their families can depend on a reliable healthcare system for their needs, fulfilling their expectations that hospitals are trustworthy, stable and capable of dealing with their health, from the simplest to the most complex illnesses. Each of the chapters focuses on a different aspect of building a reliable healthcare system, concentrating on the leadership necessary to deliver and manage the different component elements of the healthcare system. The nominated contributors for this book are recognized leaders from various healthcare systems around the globe, including the UK, USA, Canada and South Korea/Singapore. The contributors have been selected to ensure a wide perspective of healthcare management, building on diverse approaches, practices and experiences, and are currently practicing healthcare management in their respective systems. The book aims to focus on the pragmatic rather than theoretical and will provide a series of practical methodologies and case studies to help improve decision making in healthcare management. With contributions by: Sallie J. Weaver, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and Dept. of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine Susan Mascitelli, Senior Vice President, Patient Services & Liaison to the Board of Trustees, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Dr. Sandra Fenwick, Chief Executive Officer, Boston Children's Hospital Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH, Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Professor of Health Policy and Management, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Frank Federico, RPh, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Dr. Hanan Edrees, Manager, Quality Management, KAMC-Riyadh Dr. Hee Hwang, CIO and Associate Professor; Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of pediatric Neurology, Center of Medical Informatics Dr. M. Andrew Padmos, Chief Executive Officer, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Professor Richard Hobbs, Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, Director, NIHR English School for Primary Care Research, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford Ms. Jules Martin, Managing Director, Central London Clinical Commissioning Group Dr. Bruno Holthof, Chief Executive Officer, Oxford University Hospitals Tara Donnelly, Chief Executive, Health Innovation Network, South London Goeran Henriks, Chief Executive of Learning and Innovation, Qulturum, County Council of Joenkoeping, Sweden

Prospective Payment Systems (Paperback, New): Duane C. Abbey Prospective Payment Systems (Paperback, New)
Duane C. Abbey
R1,704 Discovery Miles 17 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The third book in the Healthcare Payment Systems series, Prospective Payment Systems examines the various types of prospective payment systems (PPS) used by healthcare providers and third-party payers. Emphasizing the basic elements of PPS, it considers the many variations of payment for hospital inpatient and outpatient services, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, long-term hospital care, and rehabilitation facilities along with other providers. The book describes the anatomy of PPS, including cost reports, adjudication features and processes, relative weights, and payment processes. It outlines the features and documentation requirements for Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs), the Medicare Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APCs), Medicare HHPPS, Medicare Skilled Nursing Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs), and private third-party payers. Provides a framework for understanding and analyzing the characteristics of any PPS Discusses Medicare prospective payment systems and approaches Includes specific references to helpful resources, both online and in print Facilitates a clear understanding of the complexities related to PPS-covering specific topics at a high level and revisiting similar topics to reinforce understanding Complete with a detailed listing of the acronyms most- commonly used in healthcare coding, billing, and reimbursement, the book includes a series of case studies that illustrate key concepts. It concludes with a discussion of the challenges with PPS-including compliance and overpayment issues-to provide you with the real-world understanding needed to make sense of any PPS.

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Healthcare - A Case-Based Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Rahul K Shah, Sandip A.... Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Healthcare - A Case-Based Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Rahul K Shah, Sandip A. Godambe
R5,044 Discovery Miles 50 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text uses a case-based approach to share knowledge and techniques on how to operationalize much of the theoretical underpinnings of hospital quality and safety. Written and edited by leaders in healthcare, education, and engineering, these 22 chapters provide insights as to where the field of improvement and safety science is with regards to the views and aspirations of healthcare advocates and patients. Each chapter also includes vignettes to further solidify the theoretical underpinnings and drive home learning. End of chapter commentary by the editors highlight important concepts and connections between various chapters in the text. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Healthcare: A Case-Based Approach presents a novel approach towards hospital safety and quality with the goal to help healthcare providers reach zero harm within their organizations.

Organizing for Sustainable Healthcare (Hardcover, New): Susan Albers Mohrman, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani Organizing for Sustainable Healthcare (Hardcover, New)
Susan Albers Mohrman, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani; Series edited by Susan Albers Mohrman, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, Christopher G Worley
R3,626 Discovery Miles 36 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Health care, as it is currently organized, is not sustainable. Health care systems in the developed world are encountering increased demand for high quality health care but facing societal resource limits. Health care managers, professionals and academics worldwide are debating how to redesign its current organizational configurations and delivery paradigms to deliver more with less, amidst profound changes in demographics, increased cost of new technology and changing health care priorities. Health care is inextricably linked to the overall sustainability of society and it is critical that solutions are found. The chapters in this volume examine health care systems that are building the foundations for sustainable, high quality health care. Case-based analyses discuss substantive organizing changes aimed at operating within resource limitations, while taking advantage of new knowledge and medical advances that could have an unprecedented positive impact on the health of individuals and societies. The volume also explores the change capabilities and learning mechanisms that health care systems need in order to implement fundamental change and continue to improve over time.

Health Information Technology in the International Context (Hardcover): Nir Menachemi, Sanjay Singh Health Information Technology in the International Context (Hardcover)
Nir Menachemi, Sanjay Singh
R3,406 Discovery Miles 34 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume focuses on management issues in the international context of health information technology (HIT). Nations around the globe have established policies designed to improve the computerization of their health care systems. It is believed that the adoption of HIT including clinical information systems, decision support systems, and networks or systems that facilitate the exchange of clinical and other health data will yield various desirable outcomes. These outcomes may include improvements in the quality of care, a reduction in medical errors, boosts in efficiencies, and improved provider and patient satisfaction. The purpose of this volume on HIT in the international context is to facilitate the exchange of management theory, best practice, implementation challenges, and the impact of adoption as it pertains to HIT adoption in one or more international settings. It offers a holistic viewpoint on health information technology use in health care organizations and systems, providing a managerial perspective from authors around the world that will prove useful for health care practitioners across a variety of settings.

Cloud-Based Solutions for Healthcare IT (Hardcover): A. K. Soman Cloud-Based Solutions for Healthcare IT (Hardcover)
A. K. Soman
R3,048 Discovery Miles 30 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Offering an introduction to Cloud-based healthcare IT system, this timely book equips healthcare providers with the background necessary to evaluate and deploy Cloud-based solutions to today 's compliance and efficiency issues. Divided into three sections, it first discusses Cloud Service technologies and business models as well as the pros and cons of Cloud Services as compared to traditional in-house IT solutions. The second reviews applications in healthcare and a review of HIPAA and HITECH provisions. Finally, the book addresses the process of adopting Cloud solutions, including vendor evaluation, migration strategies, and managing transition risks. It concludes with a look at related topics and real-world case studies.

Rationing in health care - The theory and practice of priority setting (Hardcover, New): Iestyn Williams, Suzanne Robinson,... Rationing in health care - The theory and practice of priority setting (Hardcover, New)
Iestyn Williams, Suzanne Robinson, Helen Dickinson
R2,102 Discovery Miles 21 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The challenges faced by those rationing scarce health care resources have intensified following the economic downturn. This book tackles this challenge by exploring the latest thinking and practice on priority setting methods. In an accessible style the book brings together theories, practice and evidence from a wide range of disciplines and provides practical, evidence-based prescriptions for decision makers. It will be of interest to all health care managers and students of health care policy and management.

Rationing in health care - The theory and practice of priority setting (Paperback, New): Iestyn Williams, Suzanne Robinson,... Rationing in health care - The theory and practice of priority setting (Paperback, New)
Iestyn Williams, Suzanne Robinson, Helen Dickinson
R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The challenges faced by those rationing scarce health care resources have intensified following the economic downturn. This book tackles this challenge by exploring the latest thinking and practice on priority setting methods. In an accessible style the book brings together theories, practice and evidence from a wide range of disciplines and provides practical, evidence-based prescriptions for decision makers. It will be of interest to all health care managers and students of health care policy and management.

Biennial Review of Health Care Management (Hardcover): Grant T. Savage, John Blair, Myron D Fottler Biennial Review of Health Care Management (Hardcover)
Grant T. Savage, John Blair, Myron D Fottler; Series edited by John Blair, Myron D Fottler, …
R3,554 Discovery Miles 35 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the second biennial volume reviewing the state-of-the-art on a wide variety of micro and macro health care management topics in the popular "Advances in Health Care Management" series. It proudly showcases reviews of both empirical and conceptual research in specific areas of health care management, including topics in three basic areas: reviews of empirical and conceptual research on health care industry-specific topics, e.g., role of physicians; reviews of empirical and conceptual research on different types of health care organizations focusing on issues specific to such organizations or their segments of the health care industry, e.g., hospitals, managed care organizations; and, reviews of empirical and conceptual research on health care organizations focusing on topics or variables which cover various sub-disciplines of management, e.g., organizational change or entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. New and established scholars discuss such topics within their expert area of research, as well as emerging themes and divergent views, giving their unique perspective on the directions that will help build theory and improve the practice of health care management.

Organization Development in Healthcare - Conversations on Research and Strategies (Hardcover): Jason A. Wolf, Mark J. Moir,... Organization Development in Healthcare - Conversations on Research and Strategies (Hardcover)
Jason A. Wolf, Mark J. Moir, Heather Hanson, Leonard H. Friedman, Grant T. Savage; Series edited by …
R4,356 Discovery Miles 43 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume is a collection of critical ideas relating organization science to both operations and accomplishments in the health care environment. A thematic guide for current leaders and practitioners, as well as health administration, business administration and organization development professors and students alike, this work pulls in a broad cross-section of perspectives on the important linkage of scholarship and practice with a solid global perspective. Covering key themes from culture, change, leadership, teams, IT and a systemic perspective of health care overall, it provides both practical insights and theoretical perspectives that will support immediate improvements and encourage longer term dialogue on how organization science can impact the delivery, structure and operations of health care systems globally. "Advances in Health Care Management" provides a forum for leading research on health care management with previous volumes providing reviews of the field, conference papers and research on selected topics including bioterrorism, international health care management, entrepreneurship, patient safety and nursing and health professional shortages.

Pharmacy OSCEs and Competency-Based Assessments (Paperback): Sharon Haughey, Roisin O'Hare Pharmacy OSCEs and Competency-Based Assessments (Paperback)
Sharon Haughey, Roisin O'Hare
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Patient safety is now a very strong focus of pharmacy degrees. Competency-based evaluations of pharmacy students using simulated assessments including Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and Criterion Referenced Assessments (CRAs) are increasingly commonplace. These are designed to simulate aspects of real-life pharmacy practice in order to train students to integrate their knowledge of medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, therapeutics, legislation, clinical skills, numeracy, communication and empathy, and to test a student's ability to provide safe and effective patient care. This book provides a unique resource to support students and trainers in developing and practising these essential skills. It is designed as a useful resource for undergraduate students, clinical tutors and those involved in teaching students on pharmacy degree courses. Format OSCE outline Format (written/interactive) Level of difficulty Time limit Props supplied (e.g. BNF) Competencies tested Station task Model Answers and sample marking schemes Tips Short chapter introductions about how to tackle the type of problems encountered in the chapter. Station examples to test your ability to integrate knowledge and skills. Stations written in detail so that you can practise and then check or score performance against model answers. Examples of competency-based assessments designed to assess the level of integration between science and practice.

The Definitive Guide to Complying with the HIPAA/HITECH Privacy and Security Rules (Hardcover): Jr., John J. Trinckes The Definitive Guide to Complying with the HIPAA/HITECH Privacy and Security Rules (Hardcover)
Jr., John J. Trinckes
R3,659 Discovery Miles 36 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Definitive Guide to Complying with the HIPAA/HITECH Privacy and Security Rules is a comprehensive manual to ensuring compliance with the implementation standards of the Privacy and Security Rules of HIPAA and provides recommendations based on other related regulations and industry best practices. The book is designed to assist you in reviewing the accessibility of electronic protected health information (EPHI) to make certain that it is not altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner, and that it is available as needed only by authorized individuals for authorized use. It can also help those entities that may not be covered by HIPAA regulations but want to assure their customers they are doing their due diligence to protect their personal and private information. Since HIPAA/HITECH rules generally apply to covered entities, business associates, and their subcontractors, these rules may soon become de facto standards for all companies to follow. Even if you aren't required to comply at this time, you may soon fall within the HIPAA/HITECH purview. So, it is best to move your procedures in the right direction now. The book covers administrative, physical, and technical safeguards; organizational requirements; and policies, procedures, and documentation requirements. It provides sample documents and directions on using the policies and procedures to establish proof of compliance. This is critical to help prepare entities for a HIPAA assessment or in the event of an HHS audit. Chief information officers and security officers who master the principles in this book can be confident they have taken the proper steps to protect their clients' information and strengthen their security posture. This can provide a strategic advantage to their organization, demonstrating to clients that they not only care about their health and well-being, but are also vigilant about protecting their clients' privacy.

Leading and Managing Healthcare (Paperback): Neil Gopee Leading and Managing Healthcare (Paperback)
Neil Gopee
R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This textbook has been created to support the journey from emerging registered healthcare professional through to becoming a competent frontline care setting manager. It considers the seminal theories and research into leadership and management and places them firmly into the healthcare context providing the reader with thorough and robust guidance in the application of the knowledge base in the subject area. Key features: Integration of theory and practice using Action Points and case studies throughout Includes perspectives from a wide range of healthcare settings and professional groups Each chapter includes 'Guidance on good practice' showing what high-quality care and effective change looks like Written by a vastly experienced author, practitioner and educator, this latest book from Neil Gopee is essential reading for nursing, health and social care students taking modules on leadership, management and transition to practice in their final year. It is also ideal for newly qualified professionals or those moving into band 5 or 6 roles with managerial responsibilities.

Information Infrastructures within European Health Care - Working with the Installed Base (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Margunn... Information Infrastructures within European Health Care - Working with the Installed Base (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Margunn Aanestad, Miria Grisot, Ole Hanseth, Polyxeni Vassilakopoulou
R2,249 Discovery Miles 22 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. The book aims to be a resource for those interested in planning and implementing large-scale information infrastructures for novel electronic services in health care. The focus of this book is on the pivotal role of the installed base (i.e. the already existing elements of an infrastructure) for ensuing infrastructural development. The book presents rich empirical cases on the design, development and implementation of core infrastructural components (e-prescription and public patient-oriented web platforms) in different national settings across Europe. Therefore, this is a book in which theoretical insights and practical experiences are tightly connected. Contributions have been sourced from a network of academics that have been working on the topic for years, and who have previously collaborated and shared a common understanding of the challenges entailed in expanding information infrastructures within healthcare. The book aims to become a reference for those seeking theoretical and empirical insights for conceptualizing and steering the evolution of information infrastructures in healthcare. The two types of systems (e-prescription and public patient-oriented web platforms) have been selected because they are widespread across Europe, because they invite comparisons, and because they are exemplary of two different types of aims. E-prescription initiatives are usually seen as opportunities to improve healthcare delivery by systematic and not dramatic change. Public patient-oriented web platforms are seen as opportunities to pursue wider and more radical innovation. This book targets researchers, practitioners and students who would benefit from a book providing a comprehensive view to contemporary approaches for the design and deployment of large-scale, inter-organizational systems within healthcare.

Achieving Person-Centred Health Systems - Evidence, Strategies and Challenges (Paperback): Ellen Nolte, Sherry Merkur, Anders... Achieving Person-Centred Health Systems - Evidence, Strategies and Challenges (Paperback)
Ellen Nolte, Sherry Merkur, Anders Anell; Assisted by Jonathan North
R1,228 R979 Discovery Miles 9 790 Save R249 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The idea of person-centred health systems is widely advocated in political and policy declarations to better address health system challenges. A person-centred approach is advocated on political, ethical and instrumental grounds and believed to benefit service users, health professionals and the health system more broadly. However, there is continuing debate about the strategies that are available and effective to promote and implement 'person-centred' approaches. This book brings together the world's leading experts in the field to present the evidence base and analyse current challenges and issues. It examines 'person-centredness' from the different roles people take in health systems, as individual service users, care managers, taxpayers or active citizens. The evidence presented will not only provide invaluable policy advice to practitioners and policymakers working on the design and implementation of person-centred health systems but will also be an excellent resource for academics and graduate students researching health systems in Europe. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Taking the Lead in Patient Safety - How Healthcare  Leaders Influence Behavior and Create Culture (Hardcover): T.R Krause Taking the Lead in Patient Safety - How Healthcare Leaders Influence Behavior and Create Culture (Hardcover)
T.R Krause
R2,137 Discovery Miles 21 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Written by industry professionals: a workplace safety specialist in conjunction with a practicing physician and medical manager. Provides recommendations for assessing hospital safety practices as well as specific suggestions for behavioural interventions. Brings a systematic approach to healthcare safety, identifying common problems through illustrative case studies and offering solutions. Offers several different perspectives including patient safety, doctor safety, and administrator safety.

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