Healthcare Made Easy

Author : Michelle Katz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781440580208

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Healthcare Made Easy by Michelle Katz Pdf

An easy-to-understand guide to the Affordable Care Act! Written by ABC World News' Real Money expert and healthcare advocate Michelle Katz, Healthcare Made Easy is the ultimate resource for understanding and navigating the Affordable Care Act. Using simple and easy-to-follow language, she answers important questions about the ACA, such as: Are there any exemptions to buying insurance under the Affordable Care Act? What is the new "80/20 Rule"? And what exactly is the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program? What does the ACA mean for small businesses? What benefits must you offer and what are the tax breaks? What is covered for your children under the new CHIP laws? How can you get pharmaceutical companies to lower your prescription costs? With the expert advice in Healthcare Made Easy, you will learn how to get the most out of your healthcare plan without having to sacrifice your needs or empty your pockets. "Here is a guide, a map through the maze of healthcare decisions facing us all. Michelle has helped a lot of families. She is a champion of the consumer. A truly informed advocate." --Diane Sawyer "Michelle breaks down complicated laws and insurance regulations to make them understandable to everyone. She provides you with a road map to getting the best healthcare at the most affordable prices." --Tavis Smiley, Author, Television and Radio Host

Author : Cindy Jimmerson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781441623904

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Value Stream Mapping for Healthcare Made Easy by Cindy Jimmerson Pdf

In no industry is the concept of quality more essential than it is in healthcare, which is why the lean quality principles learned through the example of the Toyota Production System are so applicable. Two fundamental principles of Toyota‘s push for excellence are especially relevant to healthcare: ensuring quality at every step and keeping improve

Author : Jill L. Brown
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780721605562

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Medical Insurance Made Easy by Jill L. Brown Pdf

This combination textbook and workbook, explains each phase of the medical claim cycle, from the time the patient calls for an appointment until the financial transaction for the encounter is completed. Coverage includes types of insurance payers, basic coding and billing rules, and standard requirements for outpatient billing using the CMS-1500 claim form. It also emphasizes legal aspects related to each level of the medical claim cycle and the importance of the medical office employee, showing their responsibility for and impact on successful reimbursement. 3 separate chapters offer coverage of the basic concepts of medical coding.A comprehensive overview of the CMS-1500 claim form with step-by-step guidelines and illustrations thoroughly covers reimbursement issues and explains the billing process.Includes detailed information on various insurance payers and plans including Medicare, government medical plans, disability plans, private indemnity plans, and managed care.Stop & Review sections illustrate how the concepts presented in each chapter relate to real-life billing situations.Sidebars and Examples highlight key concepts and information related to the core text lesson.A companion CD-ROM contains sample patient and insurance information that readers can use to practice completing the accompanying CMS-1500 claim form, as well as a demonstration of Altapoint practice management software. Features completely updated information that reflects the many changes in the insurance industry.Contains a new chapter on UB-92 insurance billing for hospitals and outpatient facilities.Includes a new appendix, Quick Guide to HIPAA for the Physician's Office, to provide a basic overview of the important HIPAA-related information necessary on the job.

Author : Vikas (Vik) Kumar
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781787283220

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Healthcare Analytics Made Simple by Vikas (Vik) Kumar Pdf

Add a touch of data analytics to your healthcare systems and get insightful outcomes Key Features Perform healthcare analytics with Python and SQL Build predictive models on real healthcare data with pandas and scikit-learn Use analytics to improve healthcare performance Book Description In recent years, machine learning technologies and analytics have been widely utilized across the healthcare sector. Healthcare Analytics Made Simple bridges the gap between practising doctors and data scientists. It equips the data scientists’ work with healthcare data and allows them to gain better insight from this data in order to improve healthcare outcomes. This book is a complete overview of machine learning for healthcare analytics, briefly describing the current healthcare landscape, machine learning algorithms, and Python and SQL programming languages. The step-by-step instructions teach you how to obtain real healthcare data and perform descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics using popular Python packages such as pandas and scikit-learn. The latest research results in disease detection and healthcare image analysis are reviewed. By the end of this book, you will understand how to use Python for healthcare data analysis, how to import, collect, clean, and refine data from electronic health record (EHR) surveys, and how to make predictive models with this data through real-world algorithms and code examples. What you will learn Gain valuable insight into healthcare incentives, finances, and legislation Discover the connection between machine learning and healthcare processes Use SQL and Python to analyze data Measure healthcare quality and provider performance Identify features and attributes to build successful healthcare models Build predictive models using real-world healthcare data Become an expert in predictive modeling with structured clinical data See what lies ahead for healthcare analytics Who this book is for Healthcare Analytics Made Simple is for you if you are a developer who has a working knowledge of Python or a related programming language, although you are new to healthcare or predictive modeling with healthcare data. Clinicians interested in analytics and healthcare computing will also benefit from this book. This book can also serve as a textbook for students enrolled in an introductory course on machine learning for healthcare.

Author : Daniel Jackson
Publisher : Scion Publishing Ltd
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781911510857

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Healthcare Economics Made Easy, third edition by Daniel Jackson Pdf

Healthcare Economics Made Easy, third edition is a clear and concise text written for those working in healthcare who need to understand the basics of the subject but who do not want to wade through a specialist health economics text. It will equip the reader with the necessary skills to make valid decisions based on the economic data and with the background knowledge to understand the health economics literature. This new edition builds on the success of the second edition by updating the material on the NICE appraisal process and including new sections on health technology assessment in the USA and the key role of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review. This book provides insight into the economic methods that are used to promote public health policies, the techniques used for grading and valuing evidence and the statistics relied upon, without trying to re-train the reader as a health economist. If you are left bemused by terms such as QALY, health utility analysis and cost-minimization analysis, then this is the book for you! Second edition Highly Commended in the BMA Medical Book Awards! Here’s what the judges said: “This is one of the few textbooks I would suggest every clinician reads.”

Author : Ruth Chambers,Elizabeth Boath,David Rogers
Publisher : Radcliffe Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1846191467

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Clinical Effectiveness and Clinical Governance Made Easy by Ruth Chambers,Elizabeth Boath,David Rogers Pdf

This text presents a guide to clinical effectiveness and governance. It aims to increase awareness of, and skills in, an evidence-based approach to health care, and there is advice on collecting, evaluating, interpreting and applying evidence.

Author : Judith Garrard
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781449694906

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Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy by Judith Garrard Pdf

Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy: The Matrix Method, Fourth Edition helps students and practitioners better understand scientific literature by instilling the essential skills (via the matrix method) needed to evaluate article findings critically. Covered at the most basic level are the fundamental principles of searching, organizing, reviewing, and synthesizing. Woven throughout the text are visual examples and a single case study. This easy-to-read and practical reference is an invaluable aid to students, researchers, and practitioners. This text also features access to the Navigate Companion Website to accompany Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy, Fourth Edition which offers a variety of resources to enhance your course and provides students with a solid foundation and the tools they need to evaluate articles and research effectively. The Navigate Companion Website is comprised entirely of bonus content not found in the book. This is an excellent additional resource for students! Key Features: • Bonus Appendix called “Appendix C: Data Visualization—A Digital Exploration is an 11-part appendix that walks students through learning about data visualization using nine author podcasts as well as outside resources, such as TED talks, articles, and blogs • Objectives exclusive to the appendix for students to complete Each new copy of Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy, Fourth Edition features access to the Navigate Companion Website at no additional cost. Online access to the Navigate Companion Website may be purchased separately by adding this product to the shopping cart. To preview the Companion Website visit go.jblearning.com/garrardcws4e.

Author : Daniel Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Medical economics
ISBN : 1907904972

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Healthcare Economics Made Easy by Daniel Jackson Pdf

This new edition of Healthcare Economics Made Easy has been revised and expanded to include comparative analysis of several western economies including the USA. It is aimed at those working in healthcare who need to understand the basics of the subject but who do not want to wade through a specialist health economics text.

Author : Daniel Jackson
Publisher : Scion Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Health service administration
ISBN : 1904842941

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Healthcare Economics Made Easy by Daniel Jackson Pdf

Highly Commended in the BMA Medical Book Awards 2013! Here's what the judges said: "This is one of the few textbooks I would suggest every clinician reads." From reviews: "This is a clearly written and accessible introduction to health economics...This book should prove useful to all those responsible for planning and delivering health service. It is a quick read but also a useful reference for the desk...I would commend this book as a means by which people ...can better understand both the impact of their own practice on our health economy and also appreciate the methods that are being adopted to determine clinical practice at a regional and super-regional level." Ulster Medical Journal, 2014 Healthcare Economics Made Easy is a clear and concise text written for those working in healthcare who need to understand the basics of the subject but who do not want to wade through a specialist health economics text. Often GPs, consultants and other health professionals are asked for their opinion on health economic data and this clearly isn't their area of expertise. Healthcare Economics Made Easy will equip the reader with the necessary skills to make valid decisions based on the economic data and with the background knowledge to understand the health economics literature. This book provides insight into the economic methods that are used to promote public health policies, the techniques used for grading and valuing evidence and the statistics relied upon, without trying to re-train the reader as a health economist. If you are left bemused by terms such as QALY, health utility analysis and cost minimisation analysis, then this is the book for you!

Author : Michael Harris,Gordon Taylor,Daniel Jackson
Publisher : Scion Publishing Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781907904363

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Clinical Evidence Made Easy by Michael Harris,Gordon Taylor,Daniel Jackson Pdf

Clinical Evidence Made Easy is a concise and accessible introduction for any healthcare professional looking to understand clinical evidence and data sources. Clinical Evidence Made Easy scores maximum 100 and 5 stars on Doody's (Sept 2014)! Here's what the reviewer said: "The authors present the concepts in a unique and simple way that is easy to read and understand." From other reviews: "The chapters are succinct. The text is simple and easy to follow........ I really like this text. The title says it all – Clinical Evidence Made Easy" Ulster Medical Journal "...the book will be useful for anyone who is interested in evidence based practice and who wants to be able to read published research papers and to pose appropriate questions of them." Nursing Times As clinical evidence becomes increasingly important in healthcare it is vital that healthcare professionals can read, analyse and understand the clinical data being presented. This book will equip the reader with the core skills and knowledge to make sense of the clinical evidence, without over-burdening them with information and jargon. Building on the success of the other ‘Made Easy’ books (Medical Statistics Made Easy, Healthcare Economics Made Easy, Practice Accounts Made Easy), this is a book for non-specialists who need knowledge of the key tools and techniques so they can understand the clinical data, but who have no need to become experts in the subject. Clinical Evidence Made Easy will enable healthcare workers in all fields to understand and implement the results from clinical trials, clinical journals and other data sources with confidence.

Author : Michael Harris,Gordon Taylor
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781135322502

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Medical Statistics Made Easy by Michael Harris,Gordon Taylor Pdf

It is not necessary to know how to do a statistical analysis to critically appraise a paper. However, it is necessary to have a grasp of the basics, of whether the right test has been used and how to interpret the resulting figures. Short, readable, and useful, this book provides the essential, basic information without becoming bogged down in the

Author : Michael Harris,Gordon Taylor
Publisher : Scion Publishing Ltd
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781907904455

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Medical Statistics Made Easy by Michael Harris,Gordon Taylor Pdf

Medical Statistics Made Easy has been a perennial bestseller since it was first published in 2003 (#1 bestseller in medical statistics on Amazon). It is widely recommend on a variety of courses and programmes, from undergraduate medicine, through to professional medical qualifications. It is a book of key statistics principles for anyone studying or working in medicine and healthcare who needs a basic overview of the subject. Using a consistent format, the authors describe the most common statistical methods in turn and then rate them on how difficult they are to understand and how common they are. The worked examples that demonstrate the statistical method in action have been updated to include current articles from the medical literature and now feature a much wider range of medical journals. This third edition continues with the same structure as the previous editions and also features a completely revised "Statistics at work" section. Medical Statistics Made Easy 3e scores 99/100 and 5 stars on Doody's (Sept 2014)! Here's what the reviewer said: "This is a practical guide to the use of statistics in medical literature and their application in clinical practice. The numerous examples help make the conceptualization of complex ideas easy. It is a great resource for healthcare students and clinicians in the field."

Author : Kay Mohanna,Elizabeth Cottrell,David Wall,Ruth Chambers
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781138031272

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Teaching Made Easy by Kay Mohanna,Elizabeth Cottrell,David Wall,Ruth Chambers Pdf

The Third Edition of this highly respected book has been further refined following feedback and consultation; it continues to provide essential structure, support, guidance and tips for both beginning and experienced teachers and their managers. The new edition has been developed for use by both UK and international teachers. Its content is designed to be relevant and inclusive to all healthcare disciplines, and has been thoroughly reorganised to ensure more intuitive placement of information. Key points are highlighted by the new inclusion of Tips from experienced teachers in each chapter, while newly-written chapters reflect contemporary concepts and key approaches, including teaching styles, curriculum development, e-learning, virtual learning environments, leadership and professionalism. This book will continue to benefit everyone teaching health professionals at all levels, including general practitioners and hospital doctors, nurses in primary and secondary care, professionals allied to medicine and health service managers. From reviews of previous editions: 'A useful book for those with a genuine interest in the full gamut of education' - ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND 'Comprehensive and easy to understand. If you are looking for a book that will help you develop your teaching skills and to open your mind to the broader aspects of teaching in the healthcare setting then this is a gem not to be missed. For once it is a book that lives up to its title.' - SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE CHAPLAINCY 'A book which has a considerable relevance for community practice teachers whatever their nursing discipline. The strength of the book is its practical approach to guiding and assessing students in the practice setting.' - JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY NURSING

Author : Elisabeth T. Askin,Nathan Moore
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781975200046

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The Health Care Handbook by Elisabeth T. Askin,Nathan Moore Pdf

Described in the New York Times as “an astonishingly clear ‘user’s manual’ that explains our health care system and the policies that will change it,” The Health Care Handbook, by Drs. Elisabeth Askin and Nathan Moore, offers a practical, neutral, and readable overview of the U.S. health care system in a compact, convenient format. The fully revised third edition provides concise coverage on health care delivery, insurance and economics, policy, and reform—all critical components of the system in which health care professionals work. Written in a conversational and accessible tone, this popular, highly regarded handbook serves as a “one stop shop” for essential facts, systems, concepts, and analysis of the U.S. health care system, providing the tools you need to confidently evaluate current health care policy and controversies.

Author : 'Raghu' J. Giuffre
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781105109072

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Raghu-nomics 4: ROOPA II - Health Care Reform Made Easy: Social Cost by 'Raghu' J. Giuffre Pdf