Effective Health Care Management - An Evaluative Approach

Informationen zum Autor Colin Palfrey (BA MA MEd PhD PGCE) is a lecturer in the School of Health Science, University of Wales. Ceri Phillips (BSc PhD) is a Reader in the School of Health Science, University of Wales. Paul Thomas (BA MSc) is an External Fellow at the University of Glamorgan. Klappentext Effective Health Care Management presents the principles and criteria necessary to evaluate and enhance the quality of health care services in the NHS today. It provides an overview of health care management and health care policy, explores evidence based practice, and examines the ongoing need for management evaluation. The authors discuss the role of outcome measures, performance indicators, benchmarking, and individual performance review. They also address clinical governance, accountability and professional autonomy, and the problems underlying 'seamless service provision'. Zusammenfassung Presents the principles and criteria that are necessary to evaluate and enhance the quality of health care services in the NHS. This book offers an overview of health care management and health care policy. It explores evidence based practice! and examines the ongoing need for management evaluation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Ch 1. Introduction. Ch 2. The Nature of Health Care Management. Ch 3. Multiple Perspectives and Decision Making. Ch 4. Performance Management: Concepts and Approaches. Ch 5. The Evidence Based Organisation. Ch 6. Politics, Ethics and Health Care Management. Ch 7. Developing an Evaluative Approach to Health Care Management

Product details

• Authors: Palfrey, C Palfrey, Colin Palfrey, Colin (University of Wales Palfrey, Colin Phillips Palfrey, Phillips, Ceri Phillips, Ceri J Phillips, Ceri J. Phillips, Thomas, Paul Thomas
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2004
• EAN: 9781405111614
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-1161-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, MEDICAL / Nursing / Care Plans