From the Ground Up by
This book offers proven and practical approaches for redesigning healthcare organizations to be more patient-centered and less fragmented by tapping into the experiences of staff on the front lines of patient care. Healthcare continues to be our fastest-growing sector--three times more than the rest of the economy. Yet it costs almost twice as much in the United States as it does in other countries, and its delivery systems are widely acknowledged to be fragmented, uneven in quality, and difficult to negotiate for the patients they aim to serve. Systemic changes are needed to create structures and processes that address these intrinsic flaws. Practical and inspiring, this book draws on theories and practices that promote organizational change and outlines processes for establishing labor-management partnerships that utilize the knowledge and experience of administrators and staff at all levels. Through details of past and current practices of frontline participation, readers will discover proven methods for improving healthcare in the United States by listening to and implementing the ideas of frontline staff and patients.
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Understanding hospitals in changing health systems by
"This timely book provides insight into the changing role of the 'hospital in the face of technological, organizational innovation and ever-tightening health budgets." James Barlow, Imperial College Business School, UK "The book covers aspects of hospitals in different states and contexts. Underlining the importance of business models, it presents models of care from historic and current perspectives. All authors possess deep insight into health care systems, as scholars and experts working for world-renowned health policy institutions like the World Health Organization, World Bank or European Observatory." Siegfried Walch, Management Center Innsbruck, Austria "For an organisation like mine, representing those involved in the strategic planning of healthcare infrastructure, this book provides invaluable insights into what really matters - now and for the future - in the complex and contentious field of hospital development." Jonathan Erskine, European Health Property Network, Netherlands This book seeks to reframe current policy discussions on hospitals. Healthcare services turn expensive economic resources - people, capital, energy, materials - into care. Hospitals concentrate the use and cost of this. But paradoxically other areas of health, such as public health and primary care, attract more attention and affection, at least within the health policy community. Hospitals choose, or are assigned, to deliver certain parts of care packages. They are organised to do this via business models. These necessarily incorporate care models - the processes that patients follow. The activity needs to be governed, in the widest senses. Rational decisions need to be taken about care and resources used. This book pulls these elements together, to stimulate a debate. Antonio Durán is Alldmh Consultancy director, senior consultant for WHO, WB, EU and DfID, and Technical Adviser for the European Observatory on Health Systems. A frequent lecturer and speaker, he has recently published peer-reviewed articles, and edited a book on governing public hospitals. Stephen Wright is a freelance consultant in health policies, macroeconomics, social investment, and health finance and investment, for EU Member States, European Commission, EIB, WB and WHO. He has co-edited a number of books, and publishes and presents frequently.
