Management of Healthcare Systems

Description

Essentials of Health Management' is a comprehensive, curriculum-based reference book for students pursuing higher degrees in community medicine, public health, and hospital & health management and for those practicing as health managers in South Asia. It is designed to enable readers to understand the concepts and techniques of modern health management and how to apply this understanding in making the managerial roles efficient and effective, develop analytical skills, diagnosing and solving operational problems in the delivery of health care and hospital services, learning about appropriate strategies for effective planning, implementation and evaluation of institutional and community-based health and family welfare programme, and application of qualitative and quantitative analytical tools. The book has a practical and case-based content structure and format to help the readers to not only develop an in depth understanding of the subject but also prepare for theory and practical-based university examinations. Subject experts from various reputed management schools in India have contributed in this book thus, bringing in extensive experience and quality to the content. The 31 descriptive chapters are well supported by practical case studies of well managed/successful public health programmes at national levels and a self-assessment section with every chapter. About the Author: Dr Sonu Goel | MD (Community Medicine), PhD (c) | FIAPSM, FIPHA, FIMSA, MAMS | Additional Professor of Health Management, School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012, Dr A. K. Aggarwal, MD, DNB, Professor, School of Public Health, PGIMER, Sector-12, Chandigarh

Table of contents

TOC
1. Introduction to Health Management
2. Health Management Education in India
3. Planning
4. Modern management Techniques in Health Care
5. Monitoring and Evaluation
6. Health Systems Strngthening
7. Governance in Healthcare
8. Material Management
9. Health Technology Assessment
10. Time Management
11. Self-Management
12. Health Management Information System
13. Essentials of Health Management
14. Innovations in Healthcare Management
15. Health Human Resource Management
16. Leadership in Public Health
17. Communication
18. Organization Behavior
19. Total Quality Management in Healthcare
20. Quality Improvement
21. Patient Satisfaction
22. Health Policy Chapter
23. Health Sector Reforms
24. Change Management
25. Operational Research
26. Effective Proposal Writing
27. Ethics in Public Health
28. Intersectoral Collaboration for Healthcare
29. NGOs
30. Managerial Epidemiology
Private Providers in Healthcare