1st Edition

Key Topics in Healthcare Management Understanding the Big Picture

By Robert Jones, Fiona Jenkins Copyright 2007
136 Pages
by CRC Press

136 Pages
by CRC Press

Information is a key resource to primary health care and is increasingly required in individual practices. This book will demystify the subject, which is often presented in complex terms. It sets out in a simple and interesting way what information those working in primary care will need, the systems required to deliver them and how to set them up. Information and IT for Primary Care uses... Read more
Public policy reforms and the National Health Service strategic development agenda. Managing change: a framework for the management of change. Care pathways and the allied health professional. Communication and the health professional. Managing staff and human resources. Getting it right: the quality of care. User involvement in services for disabled people. Corporate governance and the health professional. Organisational behaviour: understanding people in healthcare organizations. Managing health and safety in the workplace. Managing work-related stress.

Biography

respectively Head of Therapy Services, East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust; Clinical Director of Therapies, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust