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The health service is considered as whole in this book, which deals with organizational issues relating to health service provision, including hospitals and personnel management.It includes analysis and discussion of issues of international relevance, particularly health planning, human resource management, information systems, and financial and supplies management.It is ideal for managers with limited health service experience as well as established health professionals.An active approach is encouraged and exercises for individual or group use are included, to provoke further discussion of the concepts and ideas covered. ... Read more

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This is a directory of healthcare group purchasing organizations, for those selling the devices. ... Read more

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Every practice has operational weaknesses. Identifying and correcting such weaknesses is crucial to a successful practice. Assessing and Improving Staffing and Organization will equip the reader with tools and techniques to assess practice operations, identify problems and develop action plans to make improvements. Each book includes a diskette of tools and exercises. Features of the book include:

-Assessment tools to identify strong and weak areas

-Exercises to strengthen the physician/administrator practice team

-Case study exercises

-Techniques to improve problems areas

-Tools to help develop action plans ... Read more

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Manual for physicians on the organizational, administrative, financial and marketing aspects of starting a physician organization to compete for managed care contracts. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, held June 16-19, 1999, in Kaisersdlautern, Germany. Also includes material from the adjacent workshop on Learning Software Organizations. This text provides an overview of current activities, approaches and trends in these areas. Softcover. ... Read more

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Integration Strategies for the Medical Practice is written to help physicians make positioning decisions for their practice. This resource contains information on what is happening in many parts of the country and what doctors are doing to cope with the reality of managed care. The central theme of this book is to assist physicians in exploring this ever-changing landscape and in developing strategies that will serve them now and into the future. Highlights include:

-An overview of the historical, current and future perspective on health care delivery

-The physician-hospital relationship

-The managed care environment - physicians, hospitals and payers

-Physician-physician relationships

-Your responsibilities in the various forms of integration

-An understanding of the business of practice management

-Help identifying the operational strengths and weaknesses of your practice

-Help with calculating the current worth of your practice

-Advice on selecting the correct partner for you and your practice

This book will lead you through the decision-making process of integration so you will be best prepared to meet changes wrought by the future. The good news is that physicians who carefully evaluate their strategic position often experience improved financial performance, while delivering cost-effective, high quality medical services to their patients. ... Read more

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Medical laboratory workers play a crucial role in the health care system, but are often hidden from public view. Unlike many previous histories of Canadian health care, "Labour in the Laboratory" offers an intimate portrait of the women (and a few men) who laboured at the bench. In a detailed analysis of local hospital records, membership records, newspapers, professional health care journals, and other sources, Peter Twohig shows that the history of health care looks different when seen from the perspective of workers other than physicians or nurses. "Labour in the Laboratory" is also about the ways in which health care work has been organized. Twohig reveals that many health care workers fulfilled multiple challenging traditional ideas of professional boundaries and exclusive control over particular tasks. Using evidence from the Maritime provinces, he challenges assumptions about health care work and hospital development throughout Canada and beyond. ... Read more

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Group medical appointments (GMAs) are customized, extended medical appointments with a patient’s own doctor and a behavioral health professional. Patients served best by GMAs are those with chronic conditions who require extensive monitoring, support, and follow up. This outstanding new resource provides a comprehensive introduction to GMAs for health professionals with chronically ill patients, and includes financial cost analysis, step-by-step instructions, tools, scripts, and marketing materials--all to help the provider create a GMA that best addresses the needs of the practice and the patient.

Group Medical Appointments offers medical group managers, private practice clinicians, nurse executives, and behavioral health professionals vital information for increasing patient's and health professional's satisfaction and level of care. This must-have resource details the plethora of possibilities afforded by group medical appointments, including a wider range of support, greater focus on the individual's care, as well as more efficient, cost-effective treatment. ... Read more

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Group Medical Appointments
This is a very useful text directed toward health professionals on the subject of group medical appointments (GMAs).The book provides a nice overview of GMAs but also delivers enough practical information and details for a dedicated reader to establish a GMA system.For example, draft forms, scripts, and protocols are provided.There is a nice Q&A section that answers many of the questions that are likely to arise in the reader's mind.In addition, a glossary and reference section are included.The writing is clear and concepts easy to understand.While the monograph is well referenced and evidence-based, anecdotes from actual practice settings keep the book interesting and also support the real-world effectiveness of this approach to care delivery.In summary, health professionals interested in learning about or implementing a GMA system will find this book to be a terrific reference and a great starting point.

GMA: to increase efficiency and improve the quality of healthcare.
In the season of healthcare reform, cost is at the center of the discussion. It is clear that no matter what change reform brings, costs must be controlled if we are to provide healthcare for all, . In the process of cost control, we cannot afford to sacrifice quality of care.

DeeAnn Schmucker's book, "Group Medical Appointments: An Introduction for Health Professionals" represents a way to work at the goals of lowering cost and maintaining or improving quality.

Ms. Schmucker outlines the rationale for group medical appointments: more efficient use of medical professionals, patient satisfaction with better access to care, longer and more comprehensive visits and the credibility of patient to patient information-sharing. During the course of a busy day, practicing physicians may welcome the change of pace from the grind of seeing individual patients to a more time-relaxed session inherent in a group appointment.

In short, this book emphasizes the advantages to patients and physicians with group appointments. The advantages to patients and professionals is apparent as one considers that expertise and efficiency that can be brought to a group of patients with a chronic disease.For example, a group of diabetics can meet for an hour with the doctor, physical therapist and dietitian all on attendance.

A final word. Having participated in Ms. Schmucker's seminar, I can attest that she brings enthusiasm, clarity and a sense of humor to these sessions that enable and encourage the medical professional to implement group medical appointments.

Glen E Miller, M.D.

Group Medica Appointments
This book is a must-have tool for any health care provider who is considering implementing group medical appointments. I regret not knowing this reference was available, it would have saved me a great deal of time starting group visits in my clinic and in my doctoral capstone project. Thank you DeeAnn Schmucker for your very informative and easy to read reference guide! Teresa McDonald, FNP, DNP-c

Inovative Concept, Inovative Book!!
Ms Schmucker's idea on Group Medical Appointments is timely with the changes needed in our Health Care System.It provides information on how to treat patients in a cost effective high quality manner.As a mental health professional, Group Medical Appointments empower the patient to gain the skills they need to better manage their disease or condition and give the provider quality time with the patients to better problem solve.This concept is the first win-win we have had in medicine for awhile and this book provides the necessary knowledge and tools to make it happen.

The "Go-to" Book on This Subject
Ms. Schmucker takes a subject that could have been rather dry, and turns it into an interesting, very readable book.The idea of group medical appointments is one whose time has come, and Deeann Schmucker's book promises to be the "go-to" tome for the medical crowd.Health professionals: this book needs to be in your library. ... Read more

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Medical devices and equipment are a vital component of patient care. From a simple tongue depressor to a sophisticated haemodialysis machine, medical devices are needed at every level of the health service. Yet many health services continue to lack information and financial resources to acquire the devices they really need, i.e. those that will address the specific disease burden in their country. Effective implementation of a National Regulatory Authority is a first step towards the cost-effective management of medical devices that meet international quality and safety standards, throughout their entire life span, from conception to disposal.

This publication offers countries a framework within which they can plan - or improve - their regulatory system for medical devices. Governments are particularly encouraged to take advantage of the extensive work undertaken over the last ten years by national and regional bodies to harmonize regulations on medical devices. Countries can also adopt the device approvals of the advanced regulatory systems. These two approaches alone can enable national health authorities to redirect scarce resources towards locally assessed needs, such as vendor and device registration, training, surveillance and information exchange systems on medical devices in use. ... Read more

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Reports on the expansion of the experimental model of Metropolitan Medical Strike Team (MMST), established in Washington, D.C. into a national program. Provided to allow the state and federal governments to create preparedness and public health in order to protect Americans from future biological, chemical, and radiological terrorist events. Softcover. DNLM: Disaster Medicine. ... Read more

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Mental health services make it possible to deliver effective interventions. The way these services are organized has an important bearing on their effectiveness and the ultimate fulfilment of the aims and objectives ofnational mental health policies.This module begins with a description and analysis of the current forms of mental health service organisation found around the world.The current status of service organisation is reviewed and recommendations are made for organising mental health services, based on an optimal mix of a variety of services.The main recommendations are to integrate mental health services into general health care systems; develop formal and informal community mental health services; and promote and implement deinstitutionalization once alternative services are in place. ... Read more

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The health care delivery system, its organizations, and itssupporting industries are currently undergoing immense changes and atthe center of this change is technology. This book is about themanagement of this technology. The authors refer to this newintellectual space as the Management of Medical Technology (MMT). Fromthe core activities of delivering medical care, to the supportingindustries producing technical systems, pharmaceuticals, medicaldevices, information technology, and finally to the insurers of healthcare -- all of these demonstrate the central role technologyplays in delivering health. Management of Medical Technologyexamines the many aspects of managing medical technology, discussesits key issues, and outlines how it can be managed more effectively.This is a foundational book in Kluwer's Series on MMT. It is designedfor academics and students in all areas of management related tohealth care, as a text for related undergraduate and graduate courses,as well as a reference book for health care executives and managers oftechnology in industry. The book is divided into three complementaryparts. Part 1 explores the theory of MMT and in six chapters outlinesthe new intellectual space of MMT and its theoretical background. Part2 is dedicated to the practice of MMT. This part has six chapters anddescribes the two main empirical studies conducted by the authors onMMT; one study examined how hospitals currently manage medicaltechnology and the second study investigated the management of medicalinformation technology. Moreover, related to the practice of MMT, thispart also discusses in detail issues of effectiveness of delivery,patient value and patient welfare, and education in MMT. Part 3 is athorough treatment of MMT cases in a variety of health careorganizations, each describing a different phenomenon in the practiceof MMT. Eleven cases are included, with discussion questions for usein the classroom. ... Read more

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Regarding Science-Ejected Vitalism, 1998:
Vitalism is a profoundly science-ejected concept, though many CAM or 'natural health' cabals falsely claim that vitalism survives scientific scrutiny.

I quote:

"by the end of the 19th century the concept of the prevailing 'specific vital force' ('vitalism'), thought to be essential for living organisms, lost its popularity [p.262...] it was Wohler, and later Kolbe in 1845 who synthesized acetic acid, who helped banish 'vital force,' or 'vitalism,' from organic chemistry and from science altogether [p.265]."

-r.c. ... Read more