A Physicians Guide to Healthcare Management

by Daniel M. Albert (University of Wisconsin Medical School)

• ISBN13: 9780632045815
• ISBN10: 0632045817
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Today's health care environment is complex and always changing. Keep fully up-to-date in areas such as cost containment, health care delivery management, patient satisfaction, reimbursement, compliance, health law, and ethics, with A Physician's Guide to Health Care Management.Focusing on the principles and skills that will translate into any health care system, this primer features separate sections covering:· Factors that have shaped the current health care delivery system· Basic physician management skills· Consideration of the economic aspects of managed care· Medical, scientific, and legal issuesEnhance your skills and understanding that will lead to sound decision making in challenging clinical situations with A Physician's Guide to Health Care Management.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Section 1: Forces shaping health care delivery
Historical Aspects of Managed Care	1	(6)
Monte D. Mills
Changing Health Care Economics: The Impact of Managed Care on Academic Medical Centers	7	(7)
Gordon Derzon
Managing Medicine: Health Care Politics and Policy	14	(7)
Bruce E. Spivey
Esther R. Dyer
Section 2: Physician management skills
Leadership and Decision-making in Medicine	21	(13)
Larry E. Pate
Alan C. Filley
Human Resource Management	34	(12)
David R. Zimmerman
Competitive Strategy	46	(11)
Lawton R. Burns
Personal Behavior in Medical Management	57	(5)
Charles C. Lobeck
Section 3: Economic aspects of managed care
Health Care Accounting and Finance	62	(19)
Mark A. Covaleski
Ending the Blame Game: Economic Forces Behind our Health Care Problems	81	(20)
Timothy D. McBride
Capital Finance	101	(21)
Louis Gapenski
Section 4: Medical, scientific and legal considerations in health care delivery
Fundamentals of Biostatistics	122	(9)
David L. DeMets
Marian R. Fisher
Epidemiology and Health Outcomes	131	(9)
Karen J. Cruickshanks
Health Law	140	(8)
Burton Wagner
Medical Ethics	148	(18)
Daniel M. Albert
Quality Issues, Outcomes, and Patient Satisfaction	166	(14)
James E. Davis
Technology Assessment for Physician Executives	180	(11)
Dennis G. Fryback
Medical Informatics	191	(15)
Richard Friedman
Section 5: Business aspects of medical management
Medical Risk Management and Contracting (the Business of Medicine)	206	(6)
Michael E. Bernstein
Marketing Isssues in Managed Care	212	(7)
Elizabeth M. Zaher
Index	219