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A comprehensive, research-based introduction to healthcare management, covering healthcare systems, services, organisations and management.
Healthcare organizations in the UK and the USA face a growing tide of regulation, accreditation, inspection and external review, all aimed at improving their performance. In the US, over three decades of regulation by state and federal government, and by non-governmental agencies, has created a complex, costly and overlapping network of oversight arrangements for healthcare organizations. In the UK, regulation of the government-run National Health Service is central to current health policy, with the creation of a host of new national agencies and inspectorates tasked with overseeing the performance of NHS hospitals and other organizations. But does regulation work? This book: . explores the...
Covers various major aspects of healthcare management. This book draws together key themes and offers a view about future development and trends in healthcare management. It examines: health policy and practice context for healthcare management; specific challenges of managing healthcare organizations; and, more.
This popular book is written by leading experts in the field and covers all the key aspects of healthcare management. Written with healthcare managers, professionals and students in mind, it provides an accessible and evidence-based guide to healthcare systems, services, organizations and management. Key areas covered include: • Structure and delivery of healthcare services in the international context, including mental health, acute care, primary care, chronic disease and integrated care • Allocating resources for healthcare: setting and managing priorities • Health technologies, research and innovation • Global health policy: governing health systems across borders • Patient and ...
Christine Nixon became the first female Chief Commissioner of Police in Australia, appointed to head Victoria Police, at a most crucial time-the underworld was in the midst of a bloody war, the spectre of terrorism was emerging as a powerful new threat, and there was a stench of internal corruption. In this frank and engaging memoir, Christine Nixon reflects on the journey of a woman deep into a man's world, describing the experiences that shaped her commitment to a model of policing as a community service, committed to caring for society's most vulnerable. She explores the challenges of managing a police force through a period of profound social and cultural change, explains the hidden tens...
This e-book carries contributions which address the issue of public service reform under Labour. The published papers cover both a broad variety of human resource topics and range of separate public services. Topics covered include the impact of performance indicators on HRM practices in the NHS; the impact of Government policy on employment relations in the Fire Service; the use of 360 degree appraisal systems to improve performance management in the civil service; the impact of 'best value' reviews upon HR in local government; the outcomes of new 'partnership' relationships between management.
The Taman Health Plan book gives an in depth look at the problems that Health Care is facing now, the problems patients, doctors and institutions are facing, mainly caused by either the legal system (and some corrupt lawyers!), the HMOs, and the pharmaceutical companies. Medical Insurance premiums are so out of control that more and more Americans are without insurance. Some patients are not getting the tests and medications they need, because the HMOs refuse to pay. Doctors and nurses are leaving the practice. Hospitals and Nursing homes are faced with defecits and to stay open they are forcing doctors and nurses to work long hours to the point of exhaustion. The second part of the book is dedicated to solving this problem. The book extensively lays out the plan that would save not only the Medicare System but would make healthcare available to every American. All the ills can be cured with a simple health credit card to be used like a debit/credit card, giving patients full control of their accounts. With this plan no more paperwork, no more co-pays, no more HMOs.
For more than two generations, the traditional urban school system—the district—has utterly failed to do its job: prepare its students for a lifetime of success. Millions and millions of boys and girls have suffered the grievous consequences. The district is irreparably broken. For the sake of today’s and tomorrow’s inner-city kids, it must be replaced. The Urban School System of the Future argues that vastly better results can be realized through the creation of a new type of organization that properly manages a city’s portfolio of schools using the revolutionary principles of chartering. It will ensure that new schools are regularly created, that great schools are expanded and re...
"Reasonable Rationing is must reading for those interested in how to connect theory about fair rationing processes to country-level practices. The five case studies reveal a deep tension between political pressures to accomodate interest group demands and ethically motivated efforts to improve both information and institutional procedures for setting fair limits to care. The authors frame the issues insightfully." - Professor Norman Daniels, Harvard School of Public Health . How are different countries setting priorities for health care? . What role does information and evidence on cost and effectiveness play? . How are institutions contributing to priority setting? . What are the lessons fo...
This edited collection provides an understanding of the range of learning that is enabled by trade unions, and the agendas around that learning. It comes at an important time as, in the UK, recent years have seen significant new opportunities for unions' involvement in the government's learning and skills policy. At the same time, trade unions have had to cope with declining membership and changing employment patterns, and thus have a keen interest in defining their role in contemporary employment relations and in pursuing strategies for union renewal. Therefore, in order to explore these dynamics, a strong feature of the book is its drawing together of informed, research-based contributions from the fields of training, skills and education, and of industrial relations. International and historical perspectives are included in order to better understand the contemporary issues. There are important conclusions for policy-makers, practitioners and researchers.