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Getting Health Economics into Practice

by David Kernick ...

Fifty years ago medicine was straightforward. Doctors had limited therapeutic options and patients did as they were told. Today, an array of medial interventions is putting increasing pressure on limited resources, patients are questioning everything and doctors are uncertain of their role. Health economists hoped to offer important insights to aid decision making, but their technical frameworks ... Read more

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Fifty years ago medicine was straightforward. Doctors had limited therapeutic options and patients did as they were told. Today, an array of medial interventions is putting increasing pressure on limited resources, patients are questioning everything and doctors are uncertain of their role. Health economists hoped to offer important insights to aid decision making, but their technical frameworks
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Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Health System Sustainability

Edited by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Yvonne Zurynski, Carolynn K-lynn Smith ...

The Routledge Handbook on Climate Change and Health System Sustainability takes the reader on a journey to understand the interconnectedness of human health, climate change, and healthcare systems.The book begins by exploring how climate change is affecting human health through the increasing frequency of natural disasters, such as bush fires, droughts and heatwaves, and the emergence of new ... Read more

$68.99 USD

The Routledge Handbook on Climate Change and Health System Sustainability takes the reader on a journey to understand the interconnectedness of human health, climate change, and healthcare systems.The book begins by exploring how climate change is affecting human health through the increasing frequency of natural disasters, such as bush fires, droughts and heatwaves, and the emergence of new
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Medical Education

A Dictionary of Quotations

by Kieran Walsh ...

Today's students are tomorrow's doctors. The quality of education they receive is vitally important to the successful future of healthcare. Medical education as a discipline has a long history and has developed enormously in the past decade with the emergence of evidence-based teaching techniques, outcomes based curricula and assessment methods that are valid and reliable - however it will never ... Read more

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Today's students are tomorrow's doctors. The quality of education they receive is vitally important to the successful future of healthcare. Medical education as a discipline has a long history and has developed enormously in the past decade with the emergence of evidence-based teaching techniques, outcomes based curricula and assessment methods that are valid and reliable - however it will never
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NHS Jargon Explained

by Tony White ...

Why is TALOIA bandied about in clinics and on wards? Who - or what - is DAN? If someone mentioned Practice Based Commissioning or the Standardised Mortality Ratio, would you understand what they meant? Like any specialised area, the NHS generates clouds of terms, acronyms and shorthand vital for those in the know but virtually impenetrable to outsiders or those new to healthcare. New acronyms or ... Read more

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Why is TALOIA bandied about in clinics and on wards? Who - or what - is DAN? If someone mentioned Practice Based Commissioning or the Standardised Mortality Ratio, would you understand what they meant? Like any specialised area, the NHS generates clouds of terms, acronyms and shorthand vital for those in the know but virtually impenetrable to outsiders or those new to healthcare. New acronyms or
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Groups

A Guide to Small Group Work in Healthcare, Management, Education and Research

by Glyn Elwyn, Trisha Greenhalgh, Fraser Macfarlane ...

In this introductory text, the author presents the law relating to child care and the reforms introduced by the Children Act 1989, assessing its impact on child care practice and procedures. Focusing on a practical interpretation of the law by the use of hypothetical examples, practice notes and recommendations, the book illustrates its relevance to those working in the caring and health ... Read more

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In this introductory text, the author presents the law relating to child care and the reforms introduced by the Children Act 1989, assessing its impact on child care practice and procedures. Focusing on a practical interpretation of the law by the use of hypothetical examples, practice notes and recommendations, the book illustrates its relevance to those working in the caring and health
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If Disney Ran Your Hospital

9 1/2 Things You Would Do Differently

by Fred Lee ...

The 9 1/2 principles in this highly personal and refreshingly written book will help any hospital team gain the extraordinary competitive advantage that comes from being seen as “the best” by their own employees, consumers, and community. It takes profound knowledge, not usually taught in business schools, to create and maintain an environment where people feel they are working with friends who ... Read more

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The 9 1/2 principles in this highly personal and refreshingly written book will help any hospital team gain the extraordinary competitive advantage that comes from being seen as “the best” by their own employees, consumers, and community. It takes profound knowledge, not usually taught in business schools, to create and maintain an environment where people feel they are working with friends who
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Bottle of Lies

The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom

by Katherine Eban ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * New York Times Notable Book * Best Book of the Year: New York Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, Science FridayWith a new postscript by the authorFrom an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals fraud and life-threatening dangers on a global scale—The Jungle for pharmaceuticalsMany have hailed the widespread use ... Read more

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * New York Times Notable Book * Best Book of the Year: New York Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, Science FridayWith a new postscript by the authorFrom an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals fraud and life-threatening dangers on a global scale—The Jungle for pharmaceuticalsMany have hailed the widespread use
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More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea

by Tom Reynolds ...

What happens behind closed (ambulance) doorsMeet Tom, an Emergency Medical Technician for the London Ambulance service. It is Tom who shows up to pick up the drunk tramp, the heart attack victim and the pregnant woman who wants to go to hospital in an ambulance because she doesn't want to call a taxi. Tom is also a man who rails against the unfairness of it all, who bemoans the state of the NHS ... Read more

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What happens behind closed (ambulance) doorsMeet Tom, an Emergency Medical Technician for the London Ambulance service. It is Tom who shows up to pick up the drunk tramp, the heart attack victim and the pregnant woman who wants to go to hospital in an ambulance because she doesn't want to call a taxi. Tom is also a man who rails against the unfairness of it all, who bemoans the state of the NHS
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Winning Strategies

Building a Sustainable Leadership Pipeline through Talent Management & Succession Planning

by Kevin S. Groves, PhD ...

Dr. Kevin Groves' approach to succession planning encompasses not just the CEO, but the entire leadership pipeline. Winning Strategies is the culmination of his work with healthcare organizations over the past 10 years to identify evidence-based succession management & talent development practices. Much of the data comes from his Healthcare Talent Management Survey--a standard in the industry. ... Read more

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Dr. Kevin Groves' approach to succession planning encompasses not just the CEO, but the entire leadership pipeline. Winning Strategies is the culmination of his work with healthcare organizations over the past 10 years to identify evidence-based succession management & talent development practices. Much of the data comes from his Healthcare Talent Management Survey--a standard in the industry.
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The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care

by Clayton Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. Jason Hwang ...

A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendary leader in innovation . . .Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future generations.We need a cure, and we need it now.Harvard Business School’s Clayton M. Christensen—whose bestselling The ... Read more

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A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendary leader in innovation . . .Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future generations.We need a cure, and we need it now.Harvard Business School’s Clayton M. Christensen—whose bestselling The
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Medical Charting Demystified

by Joan Richards, Jim Keogh ...

Series series Demystified
The CLEAR and ACCURATE way to navigate MEDICAL CHARTINGTrying to chart a course through the complex task of keeping patient records? Here's your lifeline! Medical Charting Demystified gives you the tools you need to prepare and update both computerized and written charts.You'll learn about chart components, what to write in a chart, and how to correct errors. Medical Charting Demystified covers ... Read more

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The CLEAR and ACCURATE way to navigate MEDICAL CHARTINGTrying to chart a course through the complex task of keeping patient records? Here's your lifeline! Medical Charting Demystified gives you the tools you need to prepare and update both computerized and written charts.You'll learn about chart components, what to write in a chart, and how to correct errors. Medical Charting Demystified covers
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Silent Invasion

The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It's Too Late

by Deborah Birx ...

"The most revealing pandemic book yet."—The AtlanticThe definitive, inside account of the Trump Administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic from White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member, Dr. Deborah Birx.In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx—a lifelong federal health official who had worked at the CDC, the State Department, and the US Army across ... Read more

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"The most revealing pandemic book yet."—The AtlanticThe definitive, inside account of the Trump Administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic from White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member, Dr. Deborah Birx.In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx—a lifelong federal health official who had worked at the CDC, the State Department, and the US Army across
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In Stitches

by Nick Edwards ...

The true story of an A&E doctor that became a huge word-of-mouth hit.Forget what you have seen on Casualty or Holby City, this is what it is really like to be working in A&E.Dr Nick Edwards writes with shocking honesty about life as an A&E doctor. He lifts the lid on government targets that led to poor patient care. He reveals the level of alcohol-related injuries that often bring the service to a ... Read more

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The true story of an A&E doctor that became a huge word-of-mouth hit.Forget what you have seen on Casualty or Holby City, this is what it is really like to be working in A&E.Dr Nick Edwards writes with shocking honesty about life as an A&E doctor. He lifts the lid on government targets that led to poor patient care. He reveals the level of alcohol-related injuries that often bring the service to a
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Nowhere to Go

The Tragic Odyssey of the Homeless Mentally Ill

by E. Fuller Torrey ...

This open access book attempts to answer the question, “Why are so many severely mentally ill people homeless or incarcerated?” Updated since it’s original 1988 release, this book tracks the history of this question in the United States.The answer begins in 1955, when the United States deinstitutionalized the 559,000 patients who were in state mental hospitals. Today, only 35,000 remain. In 1963, ... Read more

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This open access book attempts to answer the question, “Why are so many severely mentally ill people homeless or incarcerated?” Updated since it’s original 1988 release, this book tracks the history of this question in the United States.The answer begins in 1955, when the United States deinstitutionalized the 559,000 patients who were in state mental hospitals. Today, only 35,000 remain. In 1963,
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Undercover Epicenter Nurse

How Fraud, Negligence, and Greed Led to Unnecessary Deaths at Elmhurst Hospital

by Erin Marie Olszewski, J. B. Handley ...

Undercover Epicenter Nurse blows the lid off the COVID-19 pandemic.What would you do if you discovered that the media and the government were lying to us all? And that hundreds, maybe thousands of people were dying because of it?Army combat veteran and registered nurse Erin Olszewski’s most deeply held values were put to the test when she arrived as a travel nurse at Elmhurst Hospital in the ... Read more

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Undercover Epicenter Nurse blows the lid off the COVID-19 pandemic.What would you do if you discovered that the media and the government were lying to us all? And that hundreds, maybe thousands of people were dying because of it?Army combat veteran and registered nurse Erin Olszewski’s most deeply held values were put to the test when she arrived as a travel nurse at Elmhurst Hospital in the
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Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary E-Book

by Dorland ...

Series series Dorland's Medical Dictionary
Thoroughly updated, this user-friendly reference, trusted for more than a century by healthcare personnel at every professional level, allows you to grasp the meanings of all medical terms in current usage. Understand and correctly use all the latest terminology in todays ever-evolving medical field with the 32nd Edition of the comprehensive, highly respected Dorlands Illustrated Medical ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Thoroughly updated, this user-friendly reference, trusted for more than a century by healthcare personnel at every professional level, allows you to grasp the meanings of all medical terms in current usage. Understand and correctly use all the latest terminology in todays ever-evolving medical field with the 32nd Edition of the comprehensive, highly respected Dorlands Illustrated Medical
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Prescription for Excellence: Leadership Lessons for Creating a World Class Customer Experience from UCLA Health System

by Joseph A. Michelli ...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!“Like any business, a hospital must be true to its core values in order to succeed. ‘Trickle-down values’ start at the top with the best leadership, so that all the stakeholders understand and carry out the institution’s mission. That is the gift that David F einberg has brought to U CLA. I am in awe of his management skills.”—Lynda Resnick, ... Read more

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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!“Like any business, a hospital must be true to its core values in order to succeed. ‘Trickle-down values’ start at the top with the best leadership, so that all the stakeholders understand and carry out the institution’s mission. That is the gift that David F einberg has brought to U CLA. I am in awe of his management skills.”—Lynda Resnick,
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Charting the Course

Launching Patient-Centric Healthcare

by John J. Nance, JD, Kathleen Bartholomew, RN, MN ...

In Why Hospitals Should Fly by John J. Nance, JD, the 2009 James A. Hamilton ACHE Book of the Year, he advanced a paradigm—a model of what a good, successful, safe and efficient hospital looks like. The name of the fictional hospital featured in that award-winning book could be stated in Naval terms as a clazz: A “St. Michael’s-clazz” hospital (like a Nimitz-clazz aircraft carrier). In this book, ... Read more

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In Why Hospitals Should Fly by John J. Nance, JD, the 2009 James A. Hamilton ACHE Book of the Year, he advanced a paradigm—a model of what a good, successful, safe and efficient hospital looks like. The name of the fictional hospital featured in that award-winning book could be stated in Naval terms as a clazz: A “St. Michael’s-clazz” hospital (like a Nimitz-clazz aircraft carrier). In this book,
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A New Health-Care System for America: Free Basic Health Care

by Joseph George Caldwell ...

This paper proposes a new health-care system for the United States, based on the provision of free basic health-care services to all Americans. The paper describes a new approach to delivery of health-care services that will cost a fraction of the current amount and deliver more appropriate care. Specifically, it is proposed to move away from a national health-care system based on insurance and ... Read more

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This paper proposes a new health-care system for the United States, based on the provision of free basic health-care services to all Americans. The paper describes a new approach to delivery of health-care services that will cost a fraction of the current amount and deliver more appropriate care. Specifically, it is proposed to move away from a national health-care system based on insurance and
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Medical Cannabis: For Patients

by Dr. Ranga Chelva Krishna, Jack Gierlich, Erica Glants ...

Medical Cannabis: For Patients is a handbook dedicated to providing information about Cannabis from lab testing, to applied diagnosis so patients and caregivers can make informed decisions on the usage, and distribution of Cannabis ... Read more

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Medical Cannabis: For Patients is a handbook dedicated to providing information about Cannabis from lab testing, to applied diagnosis so patients and caregivers can make informed decisions on the usage, and distribution of Cannabis
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REGISTERED HEALTH INFORMATION ADMINISTRATOR (RHIA) EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS & DUMPS

750+ EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR RHIA UPDATED 2020

by Librito Books ...

The Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) is a critical link between care providers, payers, and patients. RHIAs serve in multiple settings throughout the healthcare industry, including hospitals, multispecialty clinics and physician practices, long-term care, mental health, and other ambulatory care settings. The profession also has expanded into non-patient care settings such as ... Read more

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The Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) is a critical link between care providers, payers, and patients. RHIAs serve in multiple settings throughout the healthcare industry, including hospitals, multispecialty clinics and physician practices, long-term care, mental health, and other ambulatory care settings. The profession also has expanded into non-patient care settings such as
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Lean Hospitals

Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement, Third Edition

by Mark Graban ...

Organizations around the world are using Lean to redesign care and improve processes in a way that achieves and sustains meaningful results for patients, staff, physicians, and health systems. Lean Hospitals, Third Edition explains how to use the Lean methodology and mindsets to improve safety, quality, access, and morale while reducing costs, increasing capacity, and strengthening the long-term ... Read more

$51.99 USD

Organizations around the world are using Lean to redesign care and improve processes in a way that achieves and sustains meaningful results for patients, staff, physicians, and health systems. Lean Hospitals, Third Edition explains how to use the Lean methodology and mindsets to improve safety, quality, access, and morale while reducing costs, increasing capacity, and strengthening the long-term
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The Licensing Exam Review Guide in Nursing Home Administration, 6th Edition

by James E. Allen, PhD, MSPH, NHA, IP ...

Designated a Doody's Core Title!"This is an excellent tool for anyone preparing to take the national licensing exam or a current licensed administrator needing a good review." Score: 93, 4 Stars. --Doody's Medical ReviewsThis revised and updated study guide is based on the same format as the actual exam and provides an easy-to-use, effective way to review essential concepts and practice test ... Read more

$69.99 USD

Designated a Doody's Core Title!"This is an excellent tool for anyone preparing to take the national licensing exam or a current licensed administrator needing a good review." Score: 93, 4 Stars. --Doody's Medical ReviewsThis revised and updated study guide is based on the same format as the actual exam and provides an easy-to-use, effective way to review essential concepts and practice test
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Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, 12th Edition

Edited by James R. Knickman, PhD, Brian Elbel, PhD, MPH ...

This fully updated and revised 12th edition of the highly acclaimed textbook on health care delivery provides graduate and undergraduate students with a comprehensive survey of health care in the United States ranging in topics from the organization of care, the politics surrounding healthcare in the United States, to population health and vulnerable populations, healthcare costs and value, health ... Read more

$93.99 USD

This fully updated and revised 12th edition of the highly acclaimed textbook on health care delivery provides graduate and undergraduate students with a comprehensive survey of health care in the United States ranging in topics from the organization of care, the politics surrounding healthcare in the United States, to population health and vulnerable populations, healthcare costs and value, health
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