The Myths Of Health Care

Author : Paola Adinolfi,Elio Borgonovi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319536002

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The Myths of Health Care by Paola Adinolfi,Elio Borgonovi Pdf

This provocative appraisal unpacks commonly held beliefs about healthcare management and replaces them with practical strategies and realistic policy goals. Using Henry Mintzberg’s “Myths of Healthcare” as a springboard, it reveals management practices that undermine care delivery, explores their cultural and corporate origins, and details how they may be reversed through changes in management strategy, organization, scale, and style. Tackling conventional wisdom about decision-making, cost-effectiveness, service quality, and equity, contributors fine-tune concepts of mission and vision by promoting collaboration, engagement, and common sense. The book’s multidisciplinary panel of experts analyzes the most popular healthcare management “myths,” among them: · The healthcare system is failing. · The healthcare system can be fixed through social engineering. · Healthcare institutions can be fixed by bringing in the heroic leader. · The healthcare system can be fixed by treating it more as a business. · Healthcare is rightly left to the private sector, for the sake of efficiency. The Myths of Health Care speaks to a large, diverse audience: scholars of all levels interested in the research in health policy and management, graduate and under-graduate students attending courses in leadership and management of public sector organization, and practitioners in the field of health care.

Author : Henry Mintzberg
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626569065

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Managing the Myths of Health Care by Henry Mintzberg Pdf

With a focus on reframing the management and organization of healthcare, this thoughtful resource claims that care, cure, control, and community have to work together, within healthcare institutions and across them, to deliver quantity, quality, and equality simultaneously. --

Author : Richard (Buz) Cooper
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421429052

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Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform by Richard (Buz) Cooper Pdf

The first book to address the fundamental nexus that binds poverty and income inequality to soaring health care utilization and spending, Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform is a must-read for medical professionals, public health scholars, politicians, and anyone concerned with the heavy burden of inequality on the health of Americans.

Author : Arthur Garson,Carolyn L. Engelhard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Health care reform
ISBN : 9780742558298

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Health Care Half-truths by Arthur Garson,Carolyn L. Engelhard Pdf

Health Care Half-Truths shows the ways in which American health care is tarnished and ways in which it shines, explaining that if we are going to make our health care system work, we must begin with the truth. In this book, Dr. Arthur Garson identifies twenty myths about the U.S. health care system and uses his extensive knowledge and keen insights to blow them apart.

Author : Arthur Garson Jr.,Ryan Holeywell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538131190

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Exposing the Twenty Medical Myths by Arthur Garson Jr.,Ryan Holeywell Pdf

Despite intense political focus and debate for the past 10 years, Americans remain deeply worried about the availability and affordability of health care for themselves and their families. In clear and accessible prose, journalist Ryan Holeywell and medical doctor and health policy expert Arthur Garson provide Americans with the tools we need to have an honest, unbiased view of the state of health care policy in America. By fact checking 20 enduring health care myths they move the debate beyond Obamacare v. repeal and replace and give citizens the tools they need to evaluate the major policy issues confronting our health care system.

Author : Ken Berry
Publisher : Victory Belt Publishing
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781628602111

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Lies My Doctor Told Me Second Edition by Ken Berry Pdf

“Trust me; I’m a doctor” no longer has the credibility it once did. Nutritional therapy is often overlooked in medical school, and the information provided to physicians is often outdated. Advice to avoid healthy fats and stay out of the sun has been proven to be detrimental to longevity and wreak havoc on your system, and yet many doctors still regularly espouse this “wisdom.” What kind of advice is your doctor giving you? Is it possible you’re being misled? Dr. Ken Berry is here to dispel the myths and misinformation that have been perpetuated by the medical and food industries for decades. This updated and expanded edition of Dr. Berry’s bestseller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners. In this book, Dr. Berry will enlighten you about nutrition and life choices, their role in your health, and how to begin an educated conversation with your doctor about finding the right path for you. This book is a survival kit on your journey through the confusing, and often misleading, world of conventional medicine and includes such topics as • How doctors are taught to think about nutrition and other preventative health measures—and how they should be thinking • How the Food Pyramid and MyPlate came into existence and why they should change • The facts about fat intake and heart health • The truth about the effects of whole wheat on the human body • The role of dairy in your diet • The truth about salt—friend or foe? • The dangers and benefits of hormone therapy • New information about inflammation and how it should be viewed by doctors Come out of the darkness and let Ken Berry be your guide to optimal health and harmony!

Author : Dr. Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS,Dr. Rachel C. Vreeman, MD
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781429969499

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Don't Swallow Your Gum! by Dr. Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS,Dr. Rachel C. Vreeman, MD Pdf

People have more access to medical information than ever before, and yet we still believe "facts" about our bodies and health that are just plain wrong. DON'T SWALLOW YOUR GUM! takes on these myths and misconceptions, and exposes the truth behind some of those weird and worrisome things we think about our bodies. Entries dispel the following myths and more: - You need to drink 8 glasses of water a day - Chewing gum stays in your stomach for seven years - You can catch poison ivy from someone who has it - If you drop food on the floor and pick it up within five seconds, it's safe to eat - Strangers have poisoned kids' Halloween candy With the perfect blend of authoritative research and a breezy, accessible tone, DON'T SWALLOW YOUR GUM is full of enlightening, practical, and quirky facts that will debunk some of the most perennial misconceptions we believe about our health and well-being.

Author : Nancy L. Snyderman
Publisher : Crown
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780307406132

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Medical Myths that Can Kill You by Nancy L. Snyderman Pdf

A study of the facts behind unscientific, undocumented, and dangerous medical myths includes information on 101 important truths that can contribute to longer, happier, healthier, and more fulfilled lives.

Author : Nina Shapiro, MD,Kristin Loberg
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781250149312

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Hype by Nina Shapiro, MD,Kristin Loberg Pdf

A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2018 A straightforward appraisal of why health myths exist, dispelling many of them, and teaching readers how to navigate the labyrinth of health advice and the science and misinformation behind it. Hype is Dr. Nina Shapiro's engaging and informative look at the real science behind our most common beliefs and assumptions in the health sphere. There is a lot of misinformation thrown around these days, especially online. Headlines tell us to do this, not that—all in the name of living longer, better, thinner, younger. Dr. Shapiro wants to distinguish between the falsehoods and the evidence-backed truth. In her work at Harvard and UCLA, with more than twenty years of experience in both clinical and academic medicine, she helps patients make important health decisions every day. She's bringing those lessons to life here with a blend of personal storytelling and science to discuss her dramatic new definition of “a healthy life.” Hype covers everything from exercise to supplements, alternative medicine to vaccines, and medical testing to media coverage. Shapiro tackles popular misconceptions such as toxic sugar and the importance of drinking eight glasses of water a day. She provides simple solutions anyone can implement, such as drinking 2% milk instead of fat free and using SPF 30 sunscreen instead of SPF 100. This book is as much for single individuals in the prime of their lives as it is for parents with young children and the elderly. Never has there been a greater need for this reassuring, and scientifically backed reality check.

Author : Kerrie L. Holley,Siupo Becker M.D.
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781492063124

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AI-First Healthcare by Kerrie L. Holley,Siupo Becker M.D. Pdf

AI is poised to transform every aspect of healthcare, including the way we manage personal health, from customer experience and clinical care to healthcare cost reductions. This practical book is one of the first to describe present and future use cases where AI can help solve pernicious healthcare problems. Kerrie Holley and Siupo Becker provide guidance to help informatics and healthcare leadership create AI strategy and implementation plans for healthcare. With this book, business stakeholders and practitioners will be able to build knowledge, a roadmap, and the confidence to support AIin their organizations—without getting into the weeds of algorithms or open source frameworks. Cowritten by an AI technologist and a medical doctor who leverages AI to solve healthcare’s most difficult challenges, this book covers: The myths and realities of AI, now and in the future Human-centered AI: what it is and how to make it possible Using various AI technologies to go beyond precision medicine How to deliver patient care using the IoT and ambient computing with AI How AI can help reduce waste in healthcare AI strategy and how to identify high-priority AI application

Author : Sally Pipes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Health care reform
ISBN : UOM:49015003310563

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The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care by Sally Pipes Pdf

Author : Henry Mintzberg
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781576758953

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Managing by Henry Mintzberg Pdf

A half century ago Peter Drucker put management on the map. Leadership has since pushed it off. Henry Mintzberg aims to restore management to its proper place: front and center. “We should be seeing managers as leaders.” Mintzberg writes, “and leadership as management practiced well.” This landmark book draws on Mintzberg's observations of twenty-nine managers, in business, government, health care, and the social sector, working in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. What he saw—the pressures, the action, the nuances, the blending—compelled him to describe managing as a practice, not a science or a profession, learned primarily through experience and rooted in context. But context cannot be seen in the usual way. Factors such as national culture and level in hierarchy, even personal style, turn out to have less influence than we have traditionally thought. Mintzberg looks at how to deal with some of the inescapable conundrums of managing, such as, How can you get in deep when there is so much pressure to get things done? How can you manage it when you can't reliably measure it? This book is vintage Mintzberg: iconoclastic, irreverent, carefully researched, myth-breaking. Managing may be the most revealing book yet written about what managers do, how they do it, and how they can do it better.

Author : Michael E. Porter,Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781422133361

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Redefining Health Care by Michael E. Porter,Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg Pdf

The U.S. health care system is in crisis. At stake are the quality of care for millions of Americans and the financial well-being of individuals and employers squeezed by skyrocketing premiums—not to mention the stability of state and federal government budgets. In Redefining Health Care, internationally renowned strategy expert Michael Porter and innovation expert Elizabeth Teisberg reveal the underlying—and largely overlooked—causes of the problem, and provide a powerful prescription for change. The authors argue that competition currently takes place at the wrong level—among health plans, networks, and hospitals—rather than where it matters most, in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of specific health conditions. Participants in the system accumulate bargaining power and shift costs in a zero-sum competition, rather than creating value for patients. Based on an exhaustive study of the U.S. health care system, Redefining Health Care lays out a breakthrough framework for redefining the way competition in health care delivery takes place—and unleashing stunning improvements in quality and efficiency. With specific recommendations for hospitals, doctors, health plans, employers, and policy makers, this book shows how to move health care toward positive-sum competition that delivers lasting benefits for all.

Author : Arthur Garson Jr.,Carolyn L. Engelhard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-26
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780742565913

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Health Care Half-Truths by Arthur Garson Jr.,Carolyn L. Engelhard Pdf

Are you tired of hearing that the American health care 'system' is broken? Well, it is. You can't understand your bill—or pay it; you wait an hour before seeing the doctor for ten minutes; and that was your child who was just laid off, and whose family has no health insurance. Health Care Half-Truths shows the ways in which American health care is tarnished and ways in which it shines, explaining that if we are going to make our health care system work for us we must begin with a common set of information. Unfortunately, our current information comes from sound bites that on their surface seem perfectly reasonable, but on closer examination are wrong. Health Care Half-Truths untangles the misinformation, misperceptions, and confusion that have confounded the American public and our elected officials. Dr. Arthur Garson identifies twenty myths about the U.S. health care system and uses his extensive knowledge and keen insights to blow them apart.

Author : Jeremy Lim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9881410525

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Magician of 1919 by Jeremy Lim Pdf

Interest in Singapore's healthcare system has soared because of the country's impressive health statistics. However, how Singapore achieves these impressive results is made even more remarkable when we consider that the country spends only 4% of its GDP on healthcare, which is comparably half of what the UK spends. This book explains how Singapore manages to achieve such an impressive degree of efficiency in the delivery of quality healthcare services.