Health Policy and Management Fieldwork I: HPM 9289

Content: Overview of Health -- Healthcare Workforce -- Healthcare Settings -- Federal and State Funded Healthcare -- Private Insurance -- Special Populations -- Access Issues in Healthcare -- Cost of Healthcare -- Quality in Healthcare -- Technology Use in Healthcare -- National Healthcare Systems -- Glossary

Focusing on healthcare management, the book addresses the range of topics critical to understanding the U.S. healthcare system, including the quality of care movement, delivering care during a pandemic, recent finance reform, new technologies, cyber security, and the recent increase in merger and acquisition activity.

Offers an introductory overview of the American healthcare system by exploring its many organizations, populations, professions, structures, financing, and delivery models, as well as their impact.

Financial Management for Nurse Managers is a text designed for financial management courses in graduate level nursing programs and for practicing nurses or nurse entrepreneurs who are seeking a better understanding of financial management.

A comprehensive guide to the BSI and ISO frameworks for people management. Providing internationally agreed definitions and best practice guidance. Covering everything from organizational governance, workforce planning, diversity and inclusion to learning and development.

The text that covers both the theory and practice of evaluation in one engaging volume has now been revised and updated with additional evaluation approaches (such as mixed methods and principles-focused evaluation) and new methods (such as technologically based strategies). The book features examples of small- and large-scale evaluations from a range of fields, many with reflective commentary from the evaluators; helpful checklists; and carefully crafted learning activities. Major theoretical paradigms in evaluation--and the ways they inform methodological choices--are explained.