Introduction to Health Care Management - Softcover

Buchbinder, Sharon Bell; Shanks, Nancy H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076373473X ISBN 13: 9780763734732

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Introduction to Health Care Management is a concise, reader-friendly, introductory healthcare management book that covers a wide variety of healthcare settings, from hospitals to nursing homes and clinics. Filled with examples to engage the reader's imagination, the important issues in healthcare management, such as ethics, cost management, strategic planning and marketing, information technology, and human resources, are all thoroughly covered. Guidelines and rubrics along with numerous case studies make this text both student-friendly and teacher friendly. It is the perfect resource for students of healthcare management, nursing, allied health, business administration, pharmacy, occupational therapy, public administration, and public health. Features: Chapters contributed by real experts using an active voice to grab the reader's attention. Learning objectives and discussion questions in each chapter. Instructors' resources online for each chapter, including PowerPoints, Test Bank, and Sample Syllabus. 15 case studies in a wide variety of settings, in an assortment of healthcare management topics. A case study guide, with rubrics for evaluation of student performance, enabling instructors at every level of experience to hit the ground running on that first day of class.

About this title

Synopsis

This textbook grew out of dissatisfaction with the one Buchbinder (health science, Towson U., Towson, MD) and Shanks (health care management, Metropolitan State College of Denver) were using in their introductory healthcare management courses. The foreword writer comments that this relatively new undergraduate major requires a text that is midway b

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076373473X
• ISBN 13: 9780763734732
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 470