About the Editors | p. xv |
Contributors | p. xix |
Preface | p. xxiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xxvii |
Introduction | p. xxix |
Strategic Management | |
Medical Center of Southern Indiana: Community Commitment and Organization Revival | p. 3 |
The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital | p. 31 |
Mueller-O'Keefe Memorial Home and Retirement Village: Strategic Planning in a Continuing Care Retirement Community | p. 37 |
Electronic Child Health Network (eCHN) | p. 55 |
Caregivers | p. 69 |
Merck's Crixivan | p. 79 |
Administration, Medical Staff, and Governing Body | |
District Hospital: A Lesson in Governance | p. 95 |
The Day After | p. 109 |
Hartland Memorial Hospital: An In-Basket Exercise | p. 119 |
The Bad Image Radiology Department | p. 137 |
Westmount Nursing Homes, Incorporated: Implementing a Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative | p. 151 |
Dr. Johnson, Network Medical Director | p. 163 |
Sibley Memorial Hospital | p. 179 |
Ethics Incidents | p. 193 |
Resource Utilization and Control | |
Endoscopes at Victoria Hospital | p. 207 |
Regional Health System: The Satellite Health Park Strategy | p. 213 |
The ER that Became the Emergency: Managing the Double Bind | p. 229 |
Attica Memorial Hospital: The Ingelson Burn Center | p. 239 |
Brunswick Community Hospital Cash Flow Crisis | p. 257 |
Cardinal Health Care Systems: Some Behavioral Issues in Corporate Cost Allocation | p. 271 |
West Florida Regional Medical Center (A) | p. 277 |
Human Resource Management and Organizational Dynamics | |
A New "Brand" for Senior Health Plus | p. 301 |
Autumn Park | p. 311 |
Hammond General Hospital: The New Contract Food Service | p. 321 |
Appalachian Home Health Service | p. 329 |
Mercy Hospital | p. 335 |
Watergate Nursing Home | p. 349 |
Suburban Health Center | p. 357 |
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