A Spirit of Charity

Restoring the Bond Between America and Its Public Hospitals

by Mike King

<p>Most Americans view the nation's great public hospitals as refuges of last resort for poor and uninsured people. But these iconic institutions -- some recently closed, some renamed, others rebuilt -- have also served as a safety valve for the

ISBN: 9781944962081

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$15.49

Absolute Hospital Medicine Review

An Intensive Question & Answer Guide

by Kevin Conrad

<p>Hospital medicine has expanded beyond the practice of internal medicine to co-manage patients in the fields of orthopedics, neurosurgery and general surgery. This concise guide covers the evolution and expanding scope of hospital medicine and

ISBN: 9783319237480

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$74.99

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Accelerating Medical Evidence Generation and Use

Summary of a Meeting Series

by Joe Selby, Eric Larson & Rainu Kaushal

<p>This National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Special Publication summarizes a series of meetings the NAM hosted in 2016, which was sponsored by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, with support from NAM’s Executive Leadership Network.

ISBN: 9781947103054

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$1.53

Accessibility and Active Offer

Health Care and Social Services in Linguistic Minority Communities

by Marie Drolet, Pier Bouchard & Jacinthe Savard

<p>It is imperative that we train leaders who are able to intervene efficiently with service users and to support a better organization of the workplace. It is especially important to look at the many issues related to postsecondary training and

ISBN: 9780776625652

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$44.55

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AIDS in Pakistan

Bureaucracy, Public Goods and NGOs

by Ayaz Qureshi

<p>This book is the first full-length study of HIV/AIDS work in relation to government and NGOs. In the early 2000s, Pakistan’s response to HIV/AIDS was scaled-up and declared an area of urgent intervention. This response was funded by ...

ISBN: 9789811062209

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$219.00

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All In

Using Healthcare Collaboratives to Save Lives and Improve Care

by Donald M Berwick

<p>In the face of ever-accelerating rates of health reform, the ability to quickly learn and adapt is an increasingly essential survival skill. Collaborative learning, as this book illustrates, is a powerful method to rapidly spread knowledge. ...

ISBN: 9780996792714

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$29.70

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An Introduction to Clinical Governance and Patient Safety

by Elizabeth Haxby, David Hunter & Siân Jaggar

<p>Clinical Governance is integral to healthcare and all doctors must have an understanding of both basic principles, and how to apply them in daily practice. Within the Clinical Governance framework, patient safety is the top priority for all ...

ISBN: 9780191015564

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$118.83

$107.02

An Introduction to Health Policy

A Primer for Physicians and Medical Students

by Manish K. Sethi & William H. Frist

<p>Based on the current climate of our nation’s finances and healthcare spending, it is clear that young doctors and medical students are likely to see a dramatic transformation of the manner in which America offers medical care to its citizens ...

ISBN: 9781461477358

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$109.00

$98.11

An Introduction to Nursing Informatics: Evolution and Innovation

by Houston, Sue

This book is the ideal gateway to all the professional possibilities this continuously evolving discipline has to offer. Describing the evolution of nursing informatics from its origins to current practice in today's complex, diverse healthcare ...

ISBN: 9781498757515

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$106.32

$85.09

Anesthesia in High-Risk Patients

by Marc Leone & Jean-Luc Fellahi

<p>This book describes the approach to anesthetic and perioperative management in different categories of high-risk patient scheduled to undergo elective noncardiac surgery. Individual sections focus on patients with conditions entailing cardiac

ISBN: 9783319608044

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$189.00

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Annual Review of Health Care Management

Revisiting the Evolution of Health Systems Organization

by Leonard H. Friedman, Jim Goes & Grant T. Savage

<p>Dramatic changes to the structure of health systems since the 1980s has seen the development of large, integrated health organizations designed to provide scale and scope advantages, improve the quality of care and health outcomes, and ...

ISBN: 9781783507160

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$210.93

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Appointment Planning in Outpatient Clinics and Diagnostic Facilities

by Maartje E. Zonderland

<p>Appointment Planning in Outpatient Clinics and Diagnostic Facilities provides a concise overview of the medical and mathematical aspects of appointment planning in healthcare. This SpringerBrief specifically focuses on outpatient clinics and ...

ISBN: 9781489974518

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$89.99

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Assessing the Value of Digital Health

Leveraging the HIMSS Value STEPS™ Framework

by Kendall Cortelyou-Ward, Margaret Schulte & Lorren Pettit

<p>HIMSS set out to develop a dynamic framework by which to easily catalogue the varied beneficial evidences of digital health. From this effort, HIMSS introduced to the market the HIMSS Value STEPS™ framework.</p> <p>This book will leverage ...

ISBN: 9781351237598

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Australia’s Toxic Medical Culture

International Medical Graduates and Structural Power

by Vicki Adele Pascoe

<p>This book explores dominance in Australia’s medical culture through the positioning of international medical graduates (IMGs). It argues that IMGs are ‘othered’ and ultimately positioned as an underclass, a positioning validated and ...

ISBN: 9789811324260

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Bargaining Power

Health Policymaking from England and New Zealand

by Verna Smith

<p>This monograph applies Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework to two policymaking episodes of implementing pay for performance in general practice, conducted in England and New Zealand. The Framework’s explanatory power for policymaking in ...

ISBN: 9789811076022

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$84.99

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Basic Microbiology and Infection Control for Midwives

by Elisabeth Presterl, Magda Diab-El Schahawi & Jacqui S. Reilly

<p>This book provides an evidence-based, practical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of the most frequent fungal infections in a general hospital. It offers a comprehensive overview of the basic medical and scientific background of fungal ...

ISBN: 9783030020262

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$129.00

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Beyond Return on Investment

Expanding the Value of Healthcare Information Technology

by Pam Arlotto & Susan P. Irby

<p>Beyond Return on Investment: Expanding the Value of Healthcare Information Technology, 2nd Edition this updated and revised edition provides lessons learned from healthcare IT adoption and the opportunity to drive value realization. From ...

ISBN: 9780429769870

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Big Data in ehealthcare

Challenges and Perspectives

by Nandini Mukherjee, Sarmistha Neogy & Samiran Chattopadhyay

<p>This book focuses on the different aspects of handling big data in healthcare. It showcases the current state-of-the-art technology used for storing health records and health data models. It also focuses on the research challenges in big data

ISBN: 9781351057776

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Big Data Management and the Internet of Things for Improved Health Systems

by Brojo Kishore Mishra & Raghvendra Kumar

<p>Because of the increased access to high-speed Internet and smart phones, many patients have started to use mobile applications to manage various health needs. These devices and mobile apps are now increasingly used and integrated with ...

ISBN: 9781522552246

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Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research

by Melody S. Goodman

<p><em>Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research</em> provides a concise overview of statistical analysis methods. Use of SAS and Stata statistical software is illustrated in full, including how to interpret results.</p> <p>Focusing

ISBN: 9781351651714

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