531 System: The Doctor: & the secret to work life balance

by Terence Monaghan

<p>This is the story of a doctor who is overworked, with little time off to enjoy life. He knows he’s a great doctor, but he’s getting run down trying to keep on top of it all. A chance meeting with Terence, a self-made multi-millionaire who can

ISBN: 9781782379003

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A How To Guide For Medical Students

by Michael J. Englesbe & Michael O. Meyers

This book will be a ‘how to’ guide for medical students interested in pursuing a career in academic surgery.  It will discuss personal traits and rationale for going into academic surgery.  It will review accomplishments as a medical student ...

ISBN: 9783319428970

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A Spirit of Charity

Restoring the Bond between America and Its Public Hospitals

by Mike King

<p><!--StartFragment-->'Any effort at health care reform must first understand the essential role of public hospitals, which is what makes <em>A Spirit of Charity </em>required reading for policy makers and health advocates alike.' - Otis ...

ISBN: 9781944962081

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$10.74

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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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$35.00

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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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$26.18

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An Introduction to Clinical Governance and Patient Safety

by Elizabeth Haxby, David Hunter & Siân Jaggar

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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$104.75

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An Introduction to Health Policy

A Primer for Physicians and Medical Students

by Manish K. Sethi & William H. Frist

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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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

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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

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 provide ...

ISBN: 9781783507160

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$167.60

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Applying Business Intelligence to Clinical and Healthcare Organizations

by José Machado & António Abelha

Business intelligence (BI) tools are capable of working with healthcare data in an efficient manner to generate real-time information and knowledge relevant to the success of healthcare organizations. Further, BI tools benefit healthcare ...

ISBN: 9781466698840

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$216.07

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Appointment Planning in Outpatient Clinics and Diagnostic Facilities

by Maartje E. Zonderland

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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$82.49

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Bayesian Cost-Effectiveness Analysis with the R package BCEA

by Gianluca Baio, Andrea Berardi & Anna Heath

<div><p>The book provides a description of the process of health economic evaluation and modelling for cost-effectiveness analysis, particularly from the perspective of a Bayesian statistical approach. Some relevant theory and introductory ...

ISBN: 9783319557182

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Challenges and Opportunities in Public Service Interpreting

by Théophile Munyangeyo, Graham Webb & Marina Rabadán-Gómez

Public Service Interpreting is a hugely complex activity, encompassing human, ethical, commercial and political dimensions. It is unseen and unrecognized by most of the population but vital to those who depend on it for their security or ...

ISBN: 9781137450005

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$130.90

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Changes in the Brain

Impact on Daily Life

by Nancy D. Chiaravalloti & Yael Goverover

<p>This informative text details the many changes in everyday life as the result of injury, illness, or aging affecting the brain. Experts across brain-related fields trace mechanisms of conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, TBI, and dementia ...

ISBN: 9780387981888

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Clinical Aspects of Blood Viscosity and Cell Deformability

by G. D. O. Lowe, J. C. Barbenel & C. D. Forbes

After many years of relative neglect, the importance of study of factors governing blood flow has at last achieved recognition; in this volume are documented many of the techniques, and the basic scientific and clinical observations, which have ...

ISBN: 9781447131052

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Clinical Decision Support Systems

Theory and Practice

by Eta S. Berner

Written by nationally and internationally recognised experts on the design, evaluation and application of such systems, this book examines the impact of practitioner and patient use of computer-based diagnostic tools. It serves simultaneously as

ISBN: 9781475739039

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Communicating Quality and Safety in Health Care

by Rick Iedema, Donella Piper & Marie Manidis

In response to the growing emphasis on clinicians' capacity to practise effective communication, Communicating Quality and Safety in Health Care provides real-time communication scenarios and interprofessional case studies. The book engages ...

ISBN: 9781316424360

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Conflicted Health Care

Professionalism and Caring in an Urban Hospital

by Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano & Charles S. Varano

Anyone who has spent time in a hospital as a patient or family member of a patient hopes that those who attend to us or our loved ones are at their professional best and that they care for us in ways that console us and preserve our dignity. ...

ISBN: 9780826520104

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Consent in Pediatric Urology

by Prasad Godbole, Duncan T. Wilcox & Martin A. Koyle

<p>This comprehensive handbook of consent in surgical subspecialities is dedicated to the risks and complications that a child needs to be consented for in the vast majority of pediatric surgical procedures with evidence base and ...

ISBN: 9783319435275

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Cook County ICU

30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases

by Cory Franklin, MD

<div><B>An inside look at one of the nation’s most famous public hospitals as seen through the eyes of its longtime director of intensive care</B><BR>  <BR> Filled with stories of strange medical cases and unforgettable patients culled from a ...

ISBN: 9780897339285

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