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Synopsis
Instructor materials availalbe by request on HPP's website (http: //www.healthpropress.com/e-book-exam-copy-request-form) description] Emerging and experienced health services managers can hone their skills with these challenging and in-depth case studies With more than 50% new content in this edition, Cases in Health Services Management, Sixth Edition, presents 29 detailed engaging cases that address contemporary issues encountered by administrators and managers, such as organizational change, ethical dilemmas, conflicts of interest, regional competition, staff misconduct, patient safety, financial instability. Complex, real-life management scenarios are presented for dissection, interpretation, and resolution by applying knowledge, skills, and expertise from all areas of healthcare administration. Also available are downloadable instructor materials with additional mini-cases to supplement teaching instructions. The cases are wide ranging and cover varied healthcare settings including: - Hospitals (large/small, urban/rural, academic) - Long-term care facilities - Pharmaceutical services - Specialty and outpatient centers - and more Providing an instructive framework for decision making and debate, this casebook is an outstanding text for integrative and capstone courses and a valuable resource for professional development seminars for practicing administrators and risk managers in health services settings. Instructor materials include: - Case summaries - Exercise and role plays - Discussion and debate questions - Timelines - Decision trees - Analyses of key issues, root causes, options, feasibility, cost-benefit, stakeholder interests - Supplemental documents