Principles of Healthcare Leadership by
In healthcare, strong leadership is crucial. Today's volatile and everchanging environment calls for a new set of leadership skills. As cost reduction, quality improvement, and management of scarce resources become increasingly important, healthcare leaders must know how to build a positive culture, manage change and conflict, establish trust, promote creativity and innovation, and empower every staff member in their organization to succeed. Principles of Healthcare Leadership provides complete coverage of the topics most vital to the success of a healthcare leader. Beginning with foundational leadership theory, including a discussion of power and influence, the book then explores distinct leadership styles and skills, the importance of organizational culture building, and strategies for leading people in healthcare delivery.
This link opens in a new windowChapters may be used from the following books as additional reading. These books are not required for the course but are available to be read in the CORE Library.
Gapenski's Fundamentals of Healthcare Finance, Third Edition by
In today's evolving healthcare environment, astute financial management is more important than ever to an organization's economic well-being. Leaders throughout the enterprise--not just financial managers but clinical and operational managers, too-must have a solid grounding in finance to be able to improve care and deliver value. Gapenski's Fundamentals of Healthcare Finance provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic principles and applications of healthcare finance that managers use daily. In clear and succinct language, the book provides readers--from students and entry-level managers to more experienced practitioners with newly added management or financial responsibilities--with a detailed overview of finance topics ranging from planning and budgeting to financial operations, capital investment, and risk analysis. Practice scenarios, examples, self-test questions, sidebars on financial practices in healthcare, and running glossary definitions help bring these topics to life.This book¿s original author, Louis C. Gapenski, PhD, was recognized both nationally and internationally as an expert in healthcare finance. In this new edition, authors Kristin L. Reiter and Paula H. Song further refine Dr. Gapenski's concepts and teachings. In addition to updated examples and statistics, this edition includes new or expanded information on: current community benefit reporting requirements, service line costing, applications of capital investment decision analysis, international financial reporting standards, not-for-profit accounting standards, financial accounting, Healthcare legislation. Gapenski's Fundamentals of Healthcare Finance equips readers with the knowledge, vocabulary, and understanding they need to interpret financial data and to communicate and work effectively with finance leaders in their organizations.
Gapenski's Fundamentals of Healthcare Finance
Assigned Reading: Chapter 6, "Planning and budgeting"
Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Medical Home : A Rapid Implementation Guide by
Integrating Behavioral Health into the Medical Home: A Rapid Implementation Guide offers up-to-the-minute guidance on how to integrate behavioral health (BH) in a manner which is legal, profitable, clinically effective, time-efficient, and reflective of best practices. A new and practical resource not available anywhere else, the distinguished authors present the facts here to help you make rapid and accurate decisions about integration. The book is divided into three sections: Section 1—Making the Case: The Benefits that may be gained by integrating BH into PCMH. Section 2—The Business Detail: How to hire, train, and manage; business policy and operations. Section 3—Case Studies of Healthcare Organizations that have successfully integrated BH into PCMH, and the models and methods used to achieve the gains they've made.
Integrating Behavioral Health into the Medical Home: A Rapid Implementation Guide
Assigned Reading: Chapter 7, "Calculating value and revenue cycles" and Chapter 8, "Measuring your program's impact."
