Bøger af Lawton Robert Burns

An Essential Guide to the Processes and Operational Complexities of the U.S. Healthcare System The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem, Second Edition serves as an expert navigator through the complicated and often confusing environment where healthcare payers, healthcare providers, and producers of healthcare technologies all interact. This thorough, updated resource delivers expert analysis of employer-based health insurance, pharmacy benefits, the major professions, healthcare consolidation, drug discovery and development, biotechnology, and much more.The author, a seasoned professor of management at The Wharton School, provides insight into important themes, including how the goals of healthcare relate to the "the iron triangle" (cost, quality, and access) and "the triple aim" (per capita cost, population health, and patient experience). Chapters include brief but timely cases that inspire you to think more critically about the healthcare industry and make informed assessments.The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem, Second Edition features: Coverage of often neglected topics impacting healthcare delivery such as employer-based health insurance, pharmacy benefits, healthcare consolidation, and biotechnologyThe most current statistics and industry developmentsHelpful diagrams, charts, and tablesChapter ending summaries and Questions to PonderA 160-page Instructor Manual containing answers for the Questions to Ponder, talking points for the critical thinking exercises, as well as ready-to-use PowerPoints of all tables and figures within the textInsights and feedback from 60+ professors

This book contains two Open Access chapters.The 21st volume of Advances in Health Care Management presents informed commentaries solicited from leaders across the field of health care management. Each chapter tackles a specific health care challenge, describing the state of the research on the challenge, identifying appropriate organizational innovations to respond to the challenge, and setting out a future research agenda. Expert authors consider what is known, what is not known, and what is needed to fill the gaps and advance knowledge. Responding to The Grand Challenges in Healthcare Via Organizational Innovation explores in detail varied scenarios and suggestions for dealing with unexpected crises, improving diversity, equity and inclusion in health care, building strategic alliances for inter-sector collaboration, as well as analyzing organizational governance and physician financial risk models.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The navigator you need to find your way through the process and operational complexities of the U.S. healthcare system From a seasoned professor of healthcare management at The Wharton School, The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem provides a new perspective to the subject-navigating readers through complicated environment where healthcare customers, healthcare providers, and those who create products used in healthcare all interact. Emphasizing processes and operations, this thorough resource provides expert insight into important themes, i.e., how the goals of healthcare relate to the "the iron triangle" (cost, quality, and access) and "the triple aim" (per capita cost, population health, and patient experience). Chapters include brief but timely cases that inspire you to think more critically about what you hear and read about the healthcare industry and make your own informed assessments. Packed with 200 illustrations, The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem Covers often-neglected topics, such as employer-based health insurance, pharmacy benefits, healthcare consolidation, and biotechnology.Features:.Contains the most current statistics and industry developments.Every chapter begins with a roadmap and ends with a summary and questions to ponder.Includes insights to drug discovery and development, biotechnology, and information technology, i.e., the marriage of life sciences and business.Reflects the insights and feedback of 60+ professors