Book description
Foundations of Health Care Management
Leaders and managers throughout the health care system are facing
ever more challenging changes in the way care is delivered, paid for,
and evaluated. Foundations of Health Care Management: Principles
and Methods offers an innovative, concise, reader-friendly
introduction to health care management and administration. It
addresses the need for new skills in managers of health care
facilities and for those planning to enter health care management
positions. The book covers such critical topics as leadership
training, change management, conflict management techniques, culture
building, quality improvement, and communications skills, as well as
collaboration in the improvement of population health.
Foundations of Health Care Management also concentrates on
innovations and describes steps in the transition to more
decentralized and creative approaches to the management of health care
facilities. The book covers physician management from the physician's
viewpoint, a valuable perspective for health care managers.
The book serves important dual purposes for faculty and students by
providing both insights into the health care field as well as
foundational content on essential management and leadership
competencies. A full set of support materials is available for
instructors at the book's companion Web site.
Bernard J. Healey, Ph
D, is the director of the graduate program in health care
administration at Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Formerly,
he was epidemiology manager in the Pennsylvania Department of Health
and a consultant to Blue Cross of North- eastern Pennsylvania.
Marc C. Marchese, Ph
D, is professor of human resources management in the William G.
McGowan School of Business at Kings College. Formerly, he was an
instructor in the department of psychology at the University at
Buffalo, The State University of New York.
