Introduction to Health Care Services: Foundations and Challenges - Softcover

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BERNARD J. HEALEY, PHD, is professor of health care administration at King's College in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Dr. Healey has four books and over 100 articles about leadership in health care, public health, health policy, and health care partnerships.

TINA MARIE EVANS, PHD, ATC, is associate professor and department head of applied health studies at Pennsylvania College of Technology. She is an active researcher, publishing and presenting on various allied health topics on the local, regional, national, and international levels.

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INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOUNDATIONS AND CHALLENGES

Nowhere are the changing times more apparent than in the health care industry, which is why aspiring managers and administrators in the field need to be prepared with an understanding of what the future holds. Introduction to Health Care Services: Foundations and Challenges gives undergraduate and graduate students an up-to-date understanding of health care today and tomorrow.

Unlike many texts, Introduction to Health Care Services provides an overview of health care that thoroughly addresses mental health and public health care services. It also focuses on the next major era in the United States health care industry: the shift toward preventative and ambulatory services.

Highlights include:

• Roles for leadership in the health care industry
• Forces of change in health care, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• The turn to quality health care outcomes and improved access to care
• Community-centered health home model of care, its analysis, and its future
• Four in-depth case studies demonstrating health care delivery principles

By taking a look into the future of health care, students will gain the ability to apply their creativity and to innovate in ways that will have a lasting impact at this exciting time of health care transformation.

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INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOUNDATIONS AND CHALLENGES

Nowhere are the changing times more apparent than in the health care industry, which is why aspiring managers and administrators in the field need to be prepared with an understanding of what the future holds. Introduction to Health Care Services: Foundations and Challenges gives undergraduate and graduate students an up-to-date understanding of health care today — and tomorrow.

Unlike many texts, Introduction to Health Care Services provides an overview of health care that thoroughly addresses mental health and public health care services. It also focuses on the next major era in the United States health care industry: the shift toward preventative and ambulatory services.

Highlights include:

• Roles for leadership in the health care industry
• Forces of change in health care, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• The turn to quality health care outcomes and improved access to care
• Community-centered health home model of care, its analysis, and its future
• Four in-depth case studies demonstrating health care delivery principles

By taking a look into the future of health care, students will gain the ability to apply their creativity and to innovate in ways that will have a lasting impact at this exciting time of health care transformation.