Hospital Operations: Principles of High Efficiency Health Care (FT Press Operations Management) [Kindle Edition]
Author: Wallace J. Hopp | Language: English | ISBN: B009Z0SSAA | Format: PDF, EPUB
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By one estimate, the U.S. wastes $480 billion annually on healthcare expenditures that don’t improve care. Worse, because of faulty systems – not personnel – up to 98,000 people die every year due to preventable medical errors – and that doesn’t count non-terminal events such as hospital-acquired infections. In Hospital Operations, two leading operations management experts and four senior physicians demonstrate how to apply new OM advances to substantially improve any hospital’s operational, clinical, and financial performance. Replete with examples, this bookshows how to diagram hospital flows, trace interconnections, and optimize flows for better performance. Readers will find specific guidance on improving emergency departments, operating rooms, hospital floors, and diagnostic units; and successfully applying metrics. Coverage includes: reducing ER overcrowding and enhancing patient safety…improving OR scheduling, enhancing organizational learning, and responding to surgeons and other stakeholders… improving bed availability, optimizing nurse schedules, and creating more seamless patient handoffs… reducing lab turnaround time, improving imaging responsiveness, and decreasing lab errors…successfully applying the right metrics for every facet of hospital performance. The authors conclude by previewing the "Hospital of the Future," addressing issues ranging from prevention and self-care to the evolution of technology and evidence-based medicine.
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- File Size: 13224 KB
- Print Length: 631 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0132908662
- Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
- Publisher: Pearson FT Press; 1 edition (October 30, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B009Z0SSAA
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
- Lending: Not Enabled
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I can't praise this book enough. I've been in the medical field 30 years. Most books on the subject of healthcare are long, boring, and impossible to slog through (in my experience). Many are excessively academic or political diatribes written for the masses. This book is the opposite of all of that.
"Hospital Operations" has found the right blend of statistics, science, pictures and well written prose. The breath of subjects is amazing (while constrained as well because no book can be long enough). This book won't make you an expert but you will have a solid grasp of all hospital functions. It gives excellent information on the state of healthcare, reforms, and how we can contribute as managers, consumers, and medical workers to make the system better and more efficient.
Readable, Usable and Thorough are the best words to describe this book. Something said for few advance management books, let alone healthcare books.
"Hospital Operations" deals with things as they are - not some theoretical "how the system should be" book. It gives the perspectives of the various stakeholders in care delivery - from the clinicians to patients. The book then highlights the history, resources, and issues of each topic. Then the author gives solid experience based management suggestions and best practices. References are extensive so that an area can be studied further for your particular discipline. The book includes stories, anecdotes and overall makes for both an informative and entertaining read. Wow, never thought I would ever use the word entertaining for a operations manual.
The charts and illustrations are very useful.
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