This book discusses current health care challenges and new strategies for innovative solutions in this area from an interdisciplinary perspective of health care management, business economics, and medicine. It presents the idea of a "boundaryless hospital", a conceptual model of a patient-centric, value-based health network that overcomes typical sectorial, organizational, and geographical boundaries and offers greater efficiency and better quality outcomes for patients. Effective health care for a growing and aging population is a major challenge for economies all over the world. New breakthroughs in medical technology and pharmaceuticals as well as digitization provide scope for more efficiency and for a better quality of health care. Novel organization forms and management concepts are key for coping with the increasing cost pressure observed in most health care systems. The contributions in this volume present innovative strategies for developing and implementing the concept of a boundaryless hospital. They highlight experiences from various countries and with different treatments. The book project was initiated and carried out by the Center for Advanced Studies in Management (CASiM), the interdisciplinary research center of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management for business administration in the 21st century.

This book discusses current health care challenges and new strategies for innovative solutions in this area from an interdisciplinary perspective of health care management, business economics, and medicine. It presents the idea of a "boundaryless hospital", a conceptual model of a patient-centric, value-based health network that overcomes typical sectorial, organizational, and geographical boundaries and offers greater efficiency and better quality outcomes for patients. Effective health care for a growing and aging population is a major challenge for economies all over the world. New breakthroughs in medical technology and pharmaceuticals as well as digitization provide scope for more efficiency and for a better quality of health care. Novel organization forms and management concepts are key for coping with the increasing cost pressure observed in most health care systems. The contributions in this volume present innovative strategies for developing and implementing the concept of a boundaryless hospital. They highlight experiences from various countries and with different treatments. The book project was initiated and carried out by the Center for Advanced Studies in Management (CASiM), the interdisciplinary research center of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management for business administration in the 21st century.

Dieses Buch befasst sich in 24 Beitragen mit aktuellen Fragen des Medizin- und Haftungsrechts. Der Gesundheitssektor ist gepragt von mitunter gegenlaufigen Tendenzen eines schnellen wissenschaftlichen Fortschritts, einer strengen Bedarfsplanung und knapper finanzieller Mittel. Bei veranderter Behandlungskultur steigen die Erwartungen der Patienten und die Anforderungen der Rechtsprechung an AErzte und andere Leistungserbringer. Haufige Klageverfahren sind Ausdruck und steigende Schadensaufwendungen der Haftpflichtversicherer Folge dieser veranderten Gesundheitslandschaft. Die Beitrage dieses Buches widmen sich daher Grundfragen des Haftungsrechts ebenso wie neuen Fragestellungen infolge des Patientenrechtegesetzes. Perspektiven fur die Berufshaftpflichtversicherer kommen ebenso zur Sprache wie Aspekte der Planung arztlicher Tatigkeit. Zu Wort kommen spezialisiert tatige Mediziner, Juristen und OEkonomen ebenso wie namhafte Wissenschaftler.

Mehr als 80.000 Menschen erkranken jedes Jahr in Deutschland an einer tiefen Venenthrombose und 25.000 bis 40.000 Patienten versterben an den Folgen einer Lungenembolie. Wie sieht aber eine effektive Thromboseprophylaxe aus, die fur die Anwendung im klinischen Alltag empfohlen werden kann und welche Thromboseprophylaxestrumpfe sollten angewendet werden? Der vorliegende Band beleuchtet die erheblichen Qualitatsunterschiede unter klinischen, oekonomischen und rechtlichen Aspekten.