Multi-Sector Casebook in Health Administration, Leadership, and Management

MULTI-SECTOR CASEBOOK IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, LEADERSHIP, AND MANAGEMENT is a thought-provoking introduction to modern health management and leadership through a compelling collection of cases based on real-world scenarios. The selected cases cover a wide range of important issues faced by public, non-profit, and for-profit organizations, providing you with a broad, highly practical overview of situations, roles, and responsibilities you may encounter in your professional career.Key topics include quality improvement, leadership, strategic planning, budgeting, organizational behavior and change, human resources, systems thinking, decision making and analysis, working with the public, boards and governance, and legal and ethial issues. This diverse material is presented using a strong, consistent case structure to help readily assess the principles involved, apply critical thinking, and demonstrate and deepen their understanding through discussion or exercises. Perfect as a complement to classroom work or a tool for self-study, this excellent casebook is a must-have resource for current and future health management and public health professionals,

Dr. James A. Johnson specializes in health systems and organization development. He is a professor of health administration in the Dow College of Health Professions at Central Michigan University, an adjunct professor of health policy at Auburn University-Montgomery, and former chair of the Department of Health Administration and Policy at Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Johnson is also an active researcher and health science writer, with over 100 journal articles and 14 books published. He is the former editor of the Journal of Healthcare Management and is a contributing editor for the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration. In addition to working closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) and ProWorld Service Corps on international public health projects, he is a regular delegate to the World Health Congress and a long-term active member of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA). Dr. Johnson has been an invited lecturer at top universities around the globe, has served on many boards (including for AUPHA), and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Joint Africa Working Group, the Board of Directors of the Africa Research and Development Center, the Advisory Board of the Center for Collaborative Health Leadership, and the Board of Advisors for Health Systems of America. He is also actively involved in the development of a Center for Health Systems and Policy Research at CMU. Dr. Johnson completed his Ph.D. in health policy and administration at Florida State University and his M.P.A. in health care administration at Auburn University.

Scott D. Musch is director of corporate development for Cambia Health Solutions, the holding company of the Regence Group (the nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plans in Utah and Oregon, and Blue Shield plans in Idaho and Washington). Mr. Musch specializes in evaluating strategic investment and business development opportunities in health care services. Prior to joining Cambia, he was vice president of corporate development for MedLink International, Inc., a health care information technology company. He has extensive experience in corporate finance, having worked in investment banking for 12 years and served as senior vice president for Shattuck Hammond Partners, an investment bank focused on health care services, where he worked with a wide variety of health care payers and providers on corporate finance and business strategy assignments. Mr. Musch has also served as a vice president in the North American Mergers and Acquisitions Department at J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. During his seven-year tenure at J.P. Morgan, he was actively involved in the execution and marketing of acquisitions, divestitures, strategic advisory, and private equity assignments for public and private companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Musch earned his M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University, where he was a Tuck Scholar and studied at the International University of Japan in Urasa, Japan. He also graduated with honors from The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania with degrees in finance and economics, and is currently completing a D.H.A. at Central Michigan University.