The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization

by Kenneth R. White PhD, Kenneth R. White PhD

 

In the shifting world of contemporary healthcare, future leaders need a firm foundation. For eight editions, The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization has been building students' skills, and this ninth edition once again prepares students to apply evidence-based practices that lead to high performance in healthcare organizations of all types and sizes. Authors Kenneth R. White and John R. Griffith integrate the long-standing clinical and logistical elements of excellent care with contemporary movements, such as establishing a transformational culture; continuous improvement; benchmarking, tracking, and measurement; servant leadership; staff empowerment and retention; and building interprofessional teams. This edition has been thoroughly updated with coverage of pressing new issues, such as: the shift to population health; financial success under risk-based payment; the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, including updated requirements for meaningful use; diversity, inclusion, and implicit bias; data security; professional autonomy for nurses; data-based approaches to marketing; the use of licensed independent practitioners. Featuring a robust set of instructor resources to enrich classroom learning, as well as in-depth examinations of real-life Baldrige Award–winning organizations, this new edition blends well-established concepts with cutting-edge best practices to introduce students to healthcare excellence in the twenty-first century.

Genres: Health Care, Business, Nonfiction

558 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2010

Reviews

[Peter J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read the 8th edition. Well done, but too heavy on utopian servant leadership/transformative leader nonsense. While real leaders have to wear that hat sometimes, they also have to be able to put the others on as well. In the words of Machiavelli, a Prince must be both the lion and the fox.

[Em · Rating 3 out of 5]

this is the text that ACHE recommends healthcare professionals use to study for the FACHE exam. the content suggests 'best practices' in high-performing integrated delivery systems but doesn't reflect realities of HC system as a whole. it's also light on theory. useful for 2nd-year MPH or MHA courses, and best when students already have some working experience in healthcare; otherwise a bit advanced.

[Wendy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Worst textbook ever! Thankfully I work in the healthcare field so I was able to understand a lot of this but if I was fresh out of high school or new to the healthcare industry this book would be major confusion!! Even having been in the industry for 12 years there were areas I had to google for clarification. I really hope they will re-think the use of this book for college classes.

[Angela Anderson]

I only read this because I had to, for professional advancement. In those terms, it was a very good book, unfortunately, I felt like it was getting in the way of my leisure reading ;)

[Desiree · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much information. Great tool.

[Sean Smart · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good introduction to exactly what the title suggests, but honestly, if it weren't for the credits I wouldn't have read it.