James R Langabeer II, Jeffrey Helton

Broschiertes Buch

Health Care Operations Management

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Beschreibung

Health Care Operations Management: A Systems Perspective, Second Edition provides comprehensive and practical coverage of all aspects of operations management specific to the healthcare industry. It covers everything from hospital finances to project management, patient flows, performance management, process improvement, and supply chain management. This is an ideal text for university courses in healthcare management at all levels. It is also an excellent professional reference for healthcare administrators, clinical support managers, and supply chain professionals.The Second Edition has been thoroughly updated with the most recent data, statistics, and references. It also offers expanded coverage of quality, financial, and systems management, as well as a new chapter entitled "Operational Metrics in Health Care Organization".

Autor

Dr. James Langabeer is a Professor of Healthcare Management, Policy, and Biomedical Informatics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He has spent most of his career focused on improving quality and efficiency of healthcare, and has involved hospital executive leadership, information technology startups, management consulting, and healthcare research and teaching. Dr. Langabeer was the founding Chief Executive Officer of a regional health information exchange, where he led the organization from concept to one of the largest in the country. As Assistant Controller at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, he oversaw the supply chain, strategic projects, and financial management of one of the largest hospitals in the country. James also served as the Executive Vice President of a premier mid-sized technology and consulting firm based in Cambridge. He has lived and/or worked extensively in Boston, London, Paris, Rotterdam, Tel Aviv, and Houston. He has served on the faculty of the University of Texas System, Boston University, and Baylor College of Medicine.Dr. Langabeer has served as principal investigator on many national research projects.' He has been funded by the American Heart Association, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Health and Human Services, and many other agencies and foundations. He has nearly 100 publications in some of the highest rated management and clinical journals such as the Health Care Management Review, Pediatrics, and Health Care Management Science.Dr. Langabeer earned his PhD from the University of Lancaster in England in Management Science with an emphasis on decision-making, and an MBA from Baylor University.' He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). '

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781284050066
• ISBN-10: 1284050068
• Artikelnr.: 41622145