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Healthcare management/ Walshe,Kiaran and Smith,Judith

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Maidenhead Open University Press, c2006.Description: xxiv,525p.: ill.; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780335221196
  • 033522119X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA971 .W35 2006
Contents:
List of figures xi List of tables xiii List of boxes xv List of contributors xvii Preface xxiii 1 Introduction: the current and future challenges of healthcare management 1 (10) Kieran Walshe and Judith Smith Part I Setting the context 11 (104) 2 The politics of healthcare and the health policy process: implications for healthcare management 13 (19) Jennifer Dixon 3 Financing healthcare: funding systems and healthcare costs 32 (21) Suzanne Robinson 4 Healthcare systems: an overview of health service provision and service delivery 53 (20) Lawrence Benson 5 Managing healthcare technologies and innovation 73 (17) Ruth McDonald and Tom Walley 6 Health and well-being: the wider context for healthcare management 90 (27) Ann Mahon Part II Managing healthcare organisations 115 (206) 7 Managing in primary care 117 (17) Judith Smith 8 Managing in acute care 134 (17) Dave Evans 9 Managing in mental health 151 (15) Steve Onyett and Helen Lester 10 Service and capital development 166 (17) Andrew Hine 11 Healthcare system strategy and planning 183 (18) Neil Goodwin 12 Healthcare commissioning and contracting 201 (23) Juliet Woodin 13 Information technology and information systems: so beguiling, so difficult 224 (13) Justin Keen 14 Human resource management in healthcare 237 (16) Anne McBride and Paula Hyde 15 Working with healthcare professionals 253 (16) Carol Brooks 16 Governance and the work of health service boards 269 (17) Naomi Chambers 17 Managing in partnership with other agencies 286 (14) Jon Glasby 18 Performance measurement and improvement 300 (23) Tim Freeman Part III Management theories, models and techniques 321 (186) 19 Leadership and its development in healthcare 323 (19) Edward Peck 20 Organisational development and organisational design 342 (22) Deborah Davidson and Edward Peck 21 Personal effectiveness 364 (17) Kim Jelphs 22 Appreciating the challenge of change 381 (18) Ann Shacklady-Smith 23 Managing resources 399 (19) Anne Tofts 24 Managing people: the dynamics of teamwork 418 (17) Helen Parker 25 User perspectives and user involvement 435 (19) Shirley McIver 26 Quality improvement in healthcare 454 (25) Ruth Boaden 27 Research, evaluation and evidence-based management 479 (18) Kieran Walshe 28 Conclusions: complexity, change and creativity in healthcare management 497 (10) Judith Smith and Kieran Walshe Index 507
Summary: 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
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Includes Bibliographical reference and Indexes


List of figures xi
List of tables xiii
List of boxes xv
List of contributors xvii
Preface xxiii
1 Introduction: the current and future challenges of healthcare management
1 (10)
Kieran Walshe and Judith Smith
Part I Setting the context 11 (104)
2 The politics of healthcare and the health policy process: implications for healthcare management
13 (19)
Jennifer Dixon
3 Financing healthcare: funding systems and healthcare costs
32 (21)
Suzanne Robinson
4 Healthcare systems: an overview of health service provision and service delivery
53 (20)
Lawrence Benson
5 Managing healthcare technologies and innovation
73 (17)
Ruth McDonald and Tom Walley
6 Health and well-being: the wider context for healthcare management
90 (27)
Ann Mahon
Part II Managing healthcare organisations 115 (206)
7 Managing in primary care
117 (17)
Judith Smith
8 Managing in acute care
134 (17)
Dave Evans
9 Managing in mental health
151 (15)
Steve Onyett and Helen Lester
10 Service and capital development
166 (17)
Andrew Hine
11 Healthcare system strategy and planning
183 (18)
Neil Goodwin
12 Healthcare commissioning and contracting
201 (23)
Juliet Woodin
13 Information technology and information systems: so beguiling, so difficult
224 (13)
Justin Keen
14 Human resource management in healthcare
237 (16)
Anne McBride and Paula Hyde
15 Working with healthcare professionals
253 (16)
Carol Brooks
16 Governance and the work of health service boards
269 (17)
Naomi Chambers
17 Managing in partnership with other agencies
286 (14)
Jon Glasby
18 Performance measurement and improvement
300 (23)
Tim Freeman
Part III Management theories, models and techniques 321 (186)
19 Leadership and its development in healthcare
323 (19)
Edward Peck
20 Organisational development and organisational design
342 (22)
Deborah Davidson and Edward Peck
21 Personal effectiveness
364 (17)
Kim Jelphs
22 Appreciating the challenge of change
381 (18)
Ann Shacklady-Smith
23 Managing resources
399 (19)
Anne Tofts
24 Managing people: the dynamics of teamwork
418 (17)
Helen Parker
25 User perspectives and user involvement
435 (19)
Shirley McIver
26 Quality improvement in healthcare
454 (25)
Ruth Boaden
27 Research, evaluation and evidence-based management
479 (18)
Kieran Walshe
28 Conclusions: complexity, change and creativity in healthcare management
497 (10)
Judith Smith and Kieran Walshe
Index 507

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

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