Advances in health care management. Vol. 2 [electronic resource] / edited by Myron D. Fottler, Grant T. Savage, John D. Blair ; assistant editor, G. Tyge Payne.

Advances in health care management : this volume / John D. Blair, Myron D. Fottler, Grant T. Savage -- Complexity science and health care management / Reuben R. McDaniel, Dean J. Driebe -- Managed care and drug treatment practices : a model of organizational response to external influence / Christy Harris Lemak, Jeffrey A. Alexander -- The strategic importance of open access for HMOs in a competitive environment / Marjorie L. Icenogle, John E. Gamble, Norman B. Bryan, Daniel A. Rickert -- Reshaping health professions in the new marketplace / James W. Begun, Roice D. Luke -- Physician executives : the evolution and impact of a hybrid profession / Kathleen Montgometry -- Understanding physicians : intentions to withdraw from practice : the role of job satisfaction, job stress, mental and physical health / Eric S. Williams, Thomas R. Konrad, William E. Scheckler, Donald E. Pathman, Mark Linzer, Julia E. McMurray, Martha Gerrity, Mark Schwartz -- Total quality management in health care : a goal setting approach / Liane Soberman Ginsburg -- Strategy, structure and performance in nursing facilities / Jullet A. Davis, Diane Brannon, Jacqueline Zinn, Vincent Mor -- A longitudinal study of work group innovation : the importance of transformational leadership and morale / Elisabeth Wilson-Evered, Charmine E.J. Härtel, Matthew Neale -- The challenge of interpreting performance in health care : a study of intensive care units in Norwegian hospitals / Inger Johanne Pettersen -- Integration as networks and systems : a strategic stakeholder analysis / Grant T. Savage, Alison M. Roboski -- Understanding the meaning of health care management research through the use of a cognitive mapping approach / Richard M. Shewchuk, Stephen J. O'Connor, Myron D. Fottler, Hanh Q. Trinh -- Managed care and medical practice guidelines : the thorny problem of attaining physician compliance / Howard L. Smith, Steven Yourstone, David Lorber, Bruce Mann.

The papers included in this volume may be categorized loosely into four general thematic sections: theoretical perspectives on the field of health care management; the role and impact of managed care; evolution of the health professions; enhancing health care organizational performance. The three papers in the first general section deal with a range of theoretical issues related to health care management, from complexity science to a theoretical comparison of integrated networks against systems, to how health care management researchers think about the research process. The three papers in the second section address the significant challenges faced by health care managers as they attempt to respond to the increasing impact of managed care. The third section's three papers look at the evolving roles of the health professions, including those of physicians as clinicians and as executives. The four papers in the final section focus on various approaches, from total quality management to use of work groups and transformational leadership, to enhancing health care organizational performance.

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