Challenges and Opportunities in Health Care Management [Paperback]

This contributed volume draws a vital picture of the health care sector, which, like no other is affected by technology push and stakeholder pull. Innovative product and service solutions emerge, which have to integrate different stakeholders interests. This book studies current challenges in health care management from different perspectives. Research articles analyze the situation in the health care sector and present solutions in the following areas: the health care system; hospitals; teams in health care; patients perspectives; assessment of technologies and innovations; and toolkits for organizing health care. All these contributions summarize pressing hot topics in the health care sector, analyze their future potential, and derive managerial implications. Outstanding best practices throughout Europe are presented in the case study section of the book. Consequently, the book closes the gap between science and practical application by addressing not only readers from academia but also practitioners working in the health care industry.

Preface.- Health Care System.- Hospital.- Teams in Health Care.- Patients Perspective.- Technology and Innovation.- Toolkit for Organising Health Care.- Case Studies.- Authors Biographies.

This multi-authored collection of short chapters discusses the impact and potential of current information technology on the delivery of healthcare and on doctor-patient relations. & The book is worth reading by anyone interested in how the future of this changing environment may evolve. (E. P. Hoffer, Computing Reviews, March, 2015)

This contributed volume draws a vital picture of the health care sector, which, like no other is affected by technology push and stakeholder pull. Innovative product and service solutions emerge, which have to integrate different stakeholders interests. This book studies current challenges in health care management from different perspectives. Research articles analyze the situlãô