Looking at the current turmoil facing contemporary healthcare systems worldwide, resulting from relentless imposition of financially-based performance indicators, the author argues that a return to a values-based approach to healthcare will create positive transformation. Writing from the fresh perspective of social anthropology, the author takes a highly pragmatic approach to practice, emphasizing the importance of values such as compassion, solidarity and social justice. He suggests that without being able clearly to identify the values and goals that unite their members, healthcare organizations are unlikely to be able to meet the demands of the constant and varied pressures they face, and explains how individuals at every level in healthcare can contribute in practical ways to positive change within their organizations. This much-needed and very accessible book will be essential reading for anyone interested in a better approach to healthcare reform, from clinicians and nurses, to managers and policy makers, as well as the interested reader.

Medizinoekonomie ist die Anwendung oekonomischer Methoden auf die Medizin, insbesondere auf die medizinische Versorgung. Ziel ist die Verbesserung der medizinischen Behandlung, denn die erfolgreiche Behandlung gilt in der Medizin wie in der Medizinoekonomie als oberste Maxime professionellen Handelns. Die Komplexitat der medizinischen Versorgung in Deutschland mit ihren zahlreichen Akteuren, unterschiedlichen Zustandigkeitsbereichen und Verflechtungen erfordert viele Regularien und Abstimmungsprozesse, die fur Aussenstehende oft nur schwer zu durchschauen sind. Der wissenschaftliche ebenso wie der praxisbezogene Austausch von Wirtschaft und Medizin gestaltet sich aufgrund der manchmal uneinheitlichen Sicht auf die Dinge schwierig und fuhrt nicht selten zu Missverstandnissen. Namhafte Experten aus den Bereichen OEkonomie und Gesundheitswesen machen in diesem Buch der jeweils anderen Seite die Bedeutung ihrer Disziplin in verstandlicher Weise klar. Als Autoren aus Wissenschaft und Praxis sorgen sie fur eine fachlich abgesicherte und zugleich anwendungsbezogene Darstellung der medizinoekonomisch relevanten Themenfelder aus Wirtschaft, Medizin, Politik, Recht, Verwaltung und (Selbst-)Organisation. Der Leser erhalt einen fundierten UEberblick uber den Status quo und die aktuellen Fragen des deutschen Gesundheitssystems. Die zweite Auflage wurde aktualisiert und um weitere Beitrage erganzt und richtet sich Studierende und Dozenten der Medizin und Gesundheitsoekonomie, an Angehoerige der Heilberufe sowie an Entscheidungstrager im Gesundheitswesen.

All the forms, handouts, and records mental health professionals need to meet documentation requirements-fully revised and updated

The paperwork required when providing mental health services continues to mount. Keeping records for managed care reimbursement, accreditation agencies, protection in the event of lawsuits, and to help streamline patient care in solo and group practices, inpatient facilities, and hospitals has become increasingly important. Now fully updated and revised, the Fourth Edition of "The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook" provides you with a full range of forms, checklists, and clinical records essential for effectively and efficiently managing and protecting your practice.

The "Fourth Edition" offers: Seventy-two ready-to-copy forms appropriate for use with a broad range of clients including children, couples, and familiesUpdated coverage for HIPAA compliance, reflecting the latest The Joint Commission (TJC) and CARF regulationsA new chapter covering the most current format on screening information for referral sourcesIncreased coverage of clinical outcomes to support the latest advancements in evidence-based treatmentA CD-ROM with all the ready-to-copy forms in Microsoft(R) Word format, allowing for customization to suit a variety of practices

From intake to diagnosis and treatment through discharge and outcome assessment, "The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook, Fourth Edition" offers sample forms for every stage of the treatment process. Greatly expanded from the "Third Edition," the book now includes twenty-six fully completed forms illustrating the proper way to fill them out.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

In Paramedics On and Off the Streets, Michael K. Corman embarks on an institutional ethnography of the complex, mundane, intricate, and exhilarating work of paramedics in Calgary, Alberta. Corman's comprehensive research includes more than 200 hours of participant observation ride-alongs with paramedics over a period of eleven months, more than one hundred first hand interviews with paramedics, and thirty-six interviews with other emergency medical personnel including administrators, call-takers and dispatchers, nurses, and doctors. At the heart of this ethnography are questions about the role of paramedics in urban environments, the role of information and communication technologies in contemporary health care governance, and the organization and accountability of pre-hospital medical services. Paramedics On and Off the Streets is the first institutional ethnography to explore the role and increasing importance of paramedics in our healthcare system. It takes readers on a journey into the everyday lives of EMS personnel and provides an in-depth sociological analysis of the work of pre-hospital health care professionals in the twenty-first century.

Ideal for an introductory course in financial accounting for health care, this essential text provides current and future healthcare managers with a solid foundation in the financial accounting and analysis skills needed within health care organizations. With Accounting Fundamentals for Health Care Management, students will learn how to assess financial information, ask the appropriate questions, and understand the jargon-laden answers. Key Features: Updated throughout to reflect the new Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) accounting standards, including implicit and explicit price concessions. Additional end-of-chapter questions and practice problems give student opportunities to apply chapter concepts. Microsoft® Excel instruction has been enhanced with additional Excel screen shots and explanation. Helpful instructor resources include an instructor manual with solutions for all the questions and problems; PowerPoint presentation slides for each chapter; and a test bank of questions organized chapter. Enriched Navigate eBook (available stand alone or with the printed text) includes the digital text enhanced with flashcards, chapter review slides, an interactive glossary, and chapter quiz questions for self-study.

This text will act as a quick quality improvement reference and resource for every role within the healthcare system including physicians, nurses, support staff, security, fellows, residents, therapists, managers, directors, chiefs, and board members. It aims to provide a broad overview of quality improvement concepts and how they can be immediately pertinent to one's role. The editors have used a tiered approach, outlining what each role needs to lead a QI project, participate as a team member, set goals and identify resources to drive improvements in care delivery. Each section of the book targets a specific group within the healthcare organization. Pocket Guide to Quality Improvement in Healthcare will guide the individual, as well as the organization to fully engage all staff in QI, creating a safety culture, and ultimately strengthening care delivery.

Budgets of governments and private insurances are limited. Not all drugs and services that appear beneficial to patients or physicians can be covered. Is there a core set of benefits that everyone should be entitled to? If so, how should this set be determined? Are fair decisions just impossible, if we know from the outset than not all needs can be met? While early work in bioethics has focused on clinical issues and a narrow set of principles, in recent years there has been a marked shift towards addressing broader population-level issues, requiring consideration of more demanding theories in philosophy, political science, and economics. At the heart of bioethics new orientation is the goal of clarity on a complex set of questions in rationing and resource allocation. Rationing and Resource Allocation in Healthcare: Essential Readings provides key excerpts from seminal and pertinent texts and case studies about these topics, contextualized by original introductions. The volume is divided into three broad sections: Conceptual Distinctions and Ethical Theory; Rationing; and Resource Allocation. Containing the most important and classic articles surrounding the theoretical and practical issues related to rationing and how to allocate scare medical resources, this collection aims to assist and inform those who wish to be a part of bioethics' 21st century shift including practitioners and policy-makers, and students and scholars in the health sciences, philosophy, law, and medical ethics.

This book serves as a pocket-sized resource to aid with the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease in the inpatient setting. Containing up-to-date information from guidelines and clinical trials, this book is the only handbook-style reference on cardiac care designed specifically for the hospitalist. The first section of the book covers cardiac pathology with an emphasis on evidence-based and guideline-based approaches to patient care. Each chapter focuses on a specific cardiovascular disease state such as acute coronary syndrome, atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension, and aortic disease. The second section examines the differential diagnoses and recommended workup for common cardiac chief complaints including chest pain, palpitations, syncope, and dyspnea. The third and final section discusses indications and interpretation of commonly used cardiac procedures and imaging modalities. This book provides a concise review over a broad range of cardiovascular disease states in an accessible handbook-style to aid with the care of these patients. The Handbook of Inpatient Cardiology is an essential resource for physician hospitalists caring for cardiac patients on the medical ward in addition to cardiology physicians and trainees, affiliate providers, and students.

Caring for Chronically Ill Patients

Building on a thoughtful understanding of the organizational, financial, and clinical issues involved in chronic illness, Christianson and his colleagues provide a useful road map to the design and implementation of team-based chronic illness management. A must read for policy makers and managers wishing to meet the challenge of providing quality and efficient care to the chronically ill.
--Arnold D. Kaluzny, professor of health policy and administration, School of Public Health and Senior Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This practical new book offers the most current information on how leaders of top clinical programs have implemented exemplary and cost-conscious programs to manage the care of four key chronic diseases: asthma, arthritis, diabetes, and coronary artery disease.

Grounded in research, the book introduces a model and practical tool that can be used by healthcare organizations to effectively treat chronically ill patients. And, because the model and tool are based on the actual experiences of ongoing programs, the authors discuss organizational strategies that will help overcome the inevitable resistance to change. A step-by-step program is outlined for health care executives and caregivers who want to implement these best practices in their institutions. With a wealth of information and illustrative examples, the authors explain how a health care organization can restructure and revitalize its approach to managing chronic illness...without breaking the bank.

Die Autoren analysieren in diesem essential die nationale Gesundheitspolitik. Sie geben einen UEberblick, in welchen Rechtsvorschriften der Sozialversicherung arbeitnehmerbezogene Gesundheitsfoerderungs- und Praventionsansatze enthalten sind. Die qualitative Forschung umfasst verschiedene Themen praktizierter Gesundheitsfoerderung und Praventionsmoeglichkeiten sowie soziodemografische Parameter. Darauf basierend konnten sie Hauptstossrichtungen fur viele dieser Ansatze identifizieren.

In diesem Fachbuch zum betrieblichen Gesundheitsmanagement werden von Herangehensweisen uber Instrumente bis zum Controlling die wichtigsten Handlungsfelder der gesunden Arbeitswelt vorgestellt: Wo anfangen? Welche Bereiche abdecken? Wen einbeziehen? Wie Erfolge messen? Wie am Ball bleiben? Damit Sie als Personal- und Gesundheitsverantwortliche den UEberblick in einem herausfordernden Aufgabenfeld behalten und Ihre Mitarbeiter gesund und arbeitsfahig erhalten. Die 4. Auflage berucksichtigt inhaltliche Erweiterungen u. a. zu gesundheitspsychologischen Modellen, zur Konsolidierung und zu Erfolgsfaktoren eines effektiven Gesundheitsmanagements. Ein Update zu den rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen und zur empirischen Ausgangslage vervollstandigt die uberarbeitete Auflage, die ihre Inhalte neu strukturiert dem Leser zur Verfugung stellt.

As the U.S. healthcare industry undergoes sweeping changes to increase efficiency and reduce costs, the healthcare workforce is changing as well. In this new system of care, physicians work alongside health care teams, where nurses, pharmacists, and other professionals must collaborate to provide better, more affordable care to many more patients than ever before. The HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE is the first book to codify the transformations underway across health professions in the U.S. and to situate these changes within a larger context for both healthcare and non-healthcare audiences. This volume provides an important guide to understanding how health professionals fit within the emerging model of healthcare, and serves as a vital resource for readers in health policy management, medicine, public health, and organizational studies. Comprising seven unique chapters alongside commentaries from heads of healthcare organizations and influential physicians, THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE provides a theoretical and practical benchmark for understanding the next generation of human capital in one of society's most important labor sectors.

The challenges to health, wellness, and health equity in the United States are massive. No matter what side of the discussion health care leaders are on, insufficient mental health care, adverse childhood experiences, substance use disorders, high infant mortality rate, and declining life expectancy for women are issues that leadership can rally around. The second volume in the Interdisciplinary Community-Engaged Research for Health series explores hands-on approaches that leaders can take in their community. Creating Culture through Health Leadership focuses on the practitioner's view of community engagement and how health care leaders can build a culture of health through community-grown solutions. Volume editor Lina Svedin invites contributors from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Leaders program to share transformative leadership skills that advance health and equity for all. Svedin's contributors span the fields of business, technology, architecture, education, urban farming, and the arts, and represent subject matter experts, mentors, and coaches in the private, public, nonprofit, and social sectors. The volume is a collection of innovative, engaging case studies that illuminate how health care administrators and managers can collaborate to lead change within their organization, in their regional system, and throughout the nation.

This book provides practical applications of statistical and mathematical concepts to resolve common issues in hospital management. Each chapter discusses a key component of hospital operations, such as maximizing hospital profitability through pricing optimization, forecasting facility requirements from historical data, and determining optimal patient schedules to fully utilize hospital resources in order to eliminate over-crowding in the emergency department. Structured by the degree of mathematical complexity, this professional book utilizes problem-solving methodologies ranging from basic statistical concepts (means and standard deviations) to more advanced statistics (Poisson distributions and queuing theory). Concluding with computer applications and simulations, the practical examples will help hospital managers to optimally and innovatively make use of linear programming. The book's main goal is to make hospital personnel more aware of the benefits of management science methodologies that are not usually employed in today's hospitals.

Ramona Piller beschaftigt sich mit dem Thema Gesundheit fur Beschaftigte in der Pflege, das mit Blick auf die aktuellen Herausforderungen omniprasent ist. Der Weg, die Belegschaft uber das Betriebliche Gesundheitsmanagement zu schutzen, ist dabei notwendig und unerlasslich. Dennoch sind integrierte Managementsysteme zur Gesundheitsfoerderung noch nicht Alltag in Kranken- und Pflegeeinrichtungen. Gleichwohl erfullen diese aufgrund der vielfaltigen gesetzlichen Anforderungen bereits wesentliche Elemente fur ein Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement. Solche Elemente und die damit verbundenen Handlungsspielraume fur Fuhrungskrafte auf Stationsebene aufzuzeigen und mit praktischen Tipps zu untermauern, ist Anliegen dieses essentials.Die Autorin: Ramona Piller ist Krankenschwester und staatlich anerkannte leitende Pflegefachkraft. Sie ist stellvertretende Stationsleitung der Gesamtabteilung Anasthesie und Intensivtherapie am Robert-Koch-Krankenhaus in Apolda.

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive set of instructions and examples of how to perform a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of a health intervention. Developed out of a course run by Jordan Louviere at the University of Technology, Sydney, entitled An Introduction to Stated Preference Discrete Choice Modelling it has a particular focus on the use of stated preference survey methods to identify consumer preference data, as well as the use of recent developments in cost-effectiveness analysis within a CBA framework. In doing so, the most up to date methodologies for CBA are compiled in a comprehensive manner with the aim of advancing the methodology of CBA in healthcare.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Series editors Alastair Gray and Andrew Briggs
Economic evaluation of health intervention is a growing specialist field, and this series of practical handbooks tackles, in depth, topics superficially addressed in more general economics books. Each volume includes illustrative material, case histories and worked examples to encourage the reader to apply the methods discussed, with supporting material provided online. The series is aimed at health economists in academia, the pharmaceutical industry and the health sector, those on advanced health economics courses, and health researchers in associated fields.

Budgets of governments and private insurances are limited. Not all drugs and services that appear beneficial to patients or physicians can be covered. Is there a core set of benefits that everyone should be entitled to? If so, how should this set be determined? Are fair decisions just impossible, if we know from the outset than not all needs can be met? While early work in bioethics has focused on clinical issues and a narrow set of principles, in recent years there has been a marked shift towards addressing broader population-level issues, requiring consideration of more demanding theories in philosophy, political science, and economics. At the heart of bioethics new orientation is the goal of clarity on a complex set of questions in rationing and resource allocation. Rationing and Resource Allocation in Healthcare: Essential Readings provides key excerpts from seminal and pertinent texts and case studies about these topics, contextualized by original introductions. The volume is divided into three broad sections: Conceptual Distinctions and Ethical Theory; Rationing; and Resource Allocation. Containing the most important and classic articles surrounding the theoretical and practical issues related to rationing and how to allocate scare medical resources, this collection aims to assist and inform those who wish to be a part of bioethics' 21st century shift including practitioners and policy-makers, and students and scholars in the health sciences, philosophy, law, and medical ethics.

Help your team excel. Go from being a good practitioner to being an extraordinary leader of healthcare professionals. If you read nothing else on leadership, read these articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones for healthcare leaders to help you and your team excel, maximize performance, and live into your mission. Leading experts, such as Thomas H. Lee, Daniel Goleman, Peter F. Drucker, John P. Kotter, and Amy C. Edmondson, provide the insights and advice you need to: Understand the difference between managers and leaders Motivate others to excel Create successful cross-functional teams on the fly Maintain your identity and values as a clinician as you move into an organizational leadership role Have an impact not only on your organization but on the surrounding system Work in complex environments where authority is diffuse Lead effectively in times of rapid change This collection of articles includes "What Makes a Leader?," by Daniel Goleman; "What Makes an Effective Executive," by Peter F. Drucker; "What Leaders Really Do," by John P. Kotter; "Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve," by Jim Collins; "The Work of Leadership," by Ronald A. Heifetz and Donald L. Laurie; "Teamwork on the Fly," by Amy C. Edmondson; "Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance," by Paul Rogers and Marcia Blenko; "In Praise of the Incomplete Leader," by Deborah Ancona, Thomas W. Malone, Wanda J. Orlikowski, and Peter M. Senge; "Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System," by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton; "Health Care's Service Fanatics," by James I. Merlino and Ananth Raman; and "Engaging Doctors in the Health Care Revolution," by Thomas H. Lee and Toby Cosgrove.

Ariane Bentner erlautert in diesem essential die wichtigsten Hintergrundinformationen zum Thema Gesundheitsmanagement fur Arbeitgeber. Die Autorin zeigt inhaltliche Konzepte sowie Good-Practice-Beispiele fur kleine und mittlere Unternehmen auf und gibt Impulse fur den Aufbau eines pragmatischen Betrieblichen Gesundheitsmanagements (BGM), das zielgruppenadaquat funktionieren kann. Der demografische Wandel und der Fachkraftemangel gebieten es, die Ressource Arbeitskraft mehr denn je zu schutzen. Auch kleinere Organisationen koennen mit wenig Aufwand passgenaue Konzepte fur BGM-Massnahmen konzipieren und anbieten.

Plain English for Doctors shows how to write about medical science in a clear and vivid way. It can help a medical writer at any level, from beginner to veteran, since it gives specific, practical advice. Writing in plain English can help your writing reach a wider audience, including people in other specialties, levels of training, other fields, and other countries around the world. What makes medical writing hard to read? Is it complex science or complex grammar? This book shows how to keep good science but avoid complex grammar. It describes the symptoms of medicus incomprehensibilis, those over-used writing habits that tend to make medical writing hard to read. It shows how to treat each symptom using a proven plain English writing tip. Each tip is easy to apply and comes with exercises. The exercises are based on excerpts from articles published in leading medical journals. Model revisions vastly improve reading ease and grade level. The book looks at medical writing from three angles. Concept 1, Take charge of your reading ease score, shows how to manage reading ease. Concept 2, Write vividly, shows how to write more vividly by focusing on real world objects and actions. Concept 3, Present logical reasoning clearly, gives tips on how to choose a clear narrative pathway and forge a strong chain of logical reasoning. This book is a must for anyone who writes about medical science. The ability to express complex ideas in simple language is not a remedial skill. Rather, it can only be seen as a sign of mastery.