Research Catalog

Title

Cases in health services management / edited by Jonathon S. Rakich, Beaufort B. Longest, Jr., Kurt Darr.

Publication

Baltimore : Health Professions Press, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rakich, Jonathon S.
• Longest, Beaufort B., Jr.
• Darr, Kurt

Description

xxxiv, 360 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Providing an exceptional framework for decision making and debate, Cases in Health Services Management is an outstanding resource for capstone and issues courses and a valuable supplement for health services courses in organization and management, strategic planning, finance, and marketing."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Health services administration > United States > Case studies
• United States
• Hospital Administration
• Total Quality Management
• Organizational Case Studies
• Health facilities > United States > Administration > Case studies
• Hospitals > United States > Administration > Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Medical Center of Southern Indiana: Community Commitment and Organization Revival / Jonathon S. Rakich and Alan S. Wong -- 2. The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital / Anthony R. Kovner -- 3. Mueller-O'Keefe Memorial Home and Retirement Village: Strategic Planning in a Continuing Care Retirement Community / William E. Aaronson -- 4. Electronic Child Health Network (eCHN) / Carol Anne Brothers and Murray J. Bryant -- 5. Caregivers / Randi Priluck -- 6. Merck's Crixivan / Kimberly A. Rucker and Kurt Darr -- 7. District Hospital: A Lesson in Governance / Cynthia Levin and Kurt Darr -- 8. The Day After / Richard L. Johnson -- 9. Hartland Memorial Hospital: An In-Basket Exercise / Kent V. Rondeau and Jonathon S. Rakich -- 10. The Bad Image Radiology Department / Kurt Darr -- 11. Westmount Nursing Homes, Incorporated: Implementing a Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative / Kent V. Rondeau -- 12. Dr. Johnson, Network Medical Director / William Q. Judge and Curtis P. McLaughlin -- 13. Sibley Memorial Hospital / Kurt Darr -- 14. Ethics Incidents / Kurt Darr -- 15. Endoscopes at Victoria Hospital / Elizabeth M. A. Grasby and Mark D. Applebaum -- 16. Regional Health System: The Satellite Health Park Strategy / Jonathan S. Rakich and Michael F. Rolph -- 17. The ER that Became the Emergency: Managing the Double Bind / Earl Simendinger, Mary Anne Watson, Mike Jasperson and Bryan Boliard -- 18. Attica Memorial Hospital: The Ingelson Burn Center / Bonnie Eng-Suess and Robert C. Myrtle -- 19. Brunswick Community Hospital Cash Flow Crisis / Michael Wiltfong, Gary R. Wells and William E. Stratton -- 20. Cardinal Health Care Systems: Some Behavioral Issues in Corporate Cost Allocation / Joseph F. Castellano and Harper A. Roehm -- 21. West Florida Regional Medical Center (A) / Curtis P. McLaughlin -- 22. A New "Brand" for Senior Health Plus / Rosalie Wachsmuth and Robert C. Myrtle -- 23. Autumn Park / Cara Thomason and Robert C. Myrtle -- 24. Hammond General Hospital: The New Contract Food Service / Raymond L. Hilgert, Cyril C. Ling and Edwin C. Leonard, Jr. -- 25. Appalachian Home Health Service / Kathryn H. Dansky -- 26. Mercy Hospital -- 27. Watergate Nursing Home / Donna Lind Infeld and Dorothy J. Moon -- 28. Suburban Health Center / Bruce D. Evans and George S. Cooley.

ISBN

1878812890

LCCN

2003060584

OCLC

• ocm53021464
• SCSB-4870171

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries