Management Principles For Health Professionals - Softcover

Liebler, Joan Gratto; McConnell, Charles R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144961468X ISBN 13: 9781449614683

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2011

Synopsis

Management Principles for Health Professionals is a practical guide for new or future practicing healthcare managers. The customary activities of the manager―planning, organizing, decision making, staffing, motivating, and budgeting―are succinctly defined, explained, and presented with detailed examples drawn from a variety of health care settings. Students will learn proven management concepts, techniques, models, and tools for managing individuals or teams with skill and ease. The Sixth Edition is loaded with all-new examples from real-world healthcare settings and covers many current topics such as: ? Emerging implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. ? A template to track the areas of impact of this major law is presented; this enables a manager to identify the topics to monitor and to prepare responses to changes as they unfold. ? Developments concerning electronic health record initiatives ? Adapting and revitalizing one’s career; ? Information concerning various staffing alternatives such as outsourcing and telecommuting, and updates the material concerning job descriptions and their application. New material has been added in the section on consultant's contracts and reports. ? Patient privacy and the detection and prevention of medical identity theft, and much more.

About this title

About the Author

Joan Gratto Liebler, MA, MPA, is Professor Emerita, Health Information Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.' She has more than 40 years of professional experience in teaching and research in healthcare settings.' In addition to teaching, her work and consulting experience include engagement with community health centers, behavioral care settings, schools, industrial clinics, prisons, and long-term care, acute care, and hospice settings.' She has been an active participant in area-wide healthcare planning, end-of-life coalitions, and area-wide emergency and disaster planning.Professor Liebler is also the author of Medical Records: Policies and Procedures and has authored numerous journal articles and contributed chapters relating to health information management.She holds the degrees of Master of Public Administration, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Master of Arts (concentration in medical ethics), St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, PA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144961468X
• ISBN 13: 9781449614683
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 536