101 Careers in Healthcare Management

101 Careers in Healthcare Management

101 Careers in Healthcare Management

101 Careers in Healthcare Management

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Overview

"[A] digestible yet comprehensive resource describing the many career opportunities in healthcare management...[and] a valuable resource for current undergraduate and graduate students as well as career changers interested in pursing a job in the healthcare management field."--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

Careers in health administration continue to grow despite an overall downturn in the economy. This is a field that offers tremendous job opportunities across the spectrum of healthcare delivery and payment organizations. 101 Careers in Healthcare Management is the only comprehensive guide to careers in health administration, ranging from entry-level management positions to the most senior executive opportunities. The guide clearly explains the responsibilities and duties of each of these careers and how they differ from other management jobs. It describes the integral role of healthcare administrators in creating and sustaining the systems that allow healthcare clinicians to do their best work.

The book covers educational requirements, opportunities, traditional and nontraditional career pathways, and helps students assess whether they are temperamentally and intellectually suited to a career in healthcare management.Based on the most current data from the U.S. Department of Labor and professional societies in healthcare management, the guide describes careers in 14 different healthcare and related settings. These include long-term care, physician practices, commercial insurance, consulting firms, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, information technology, and biotechnology. Additionally, the book offers numerous interviews with health administrators, from those in entry-level positions to CEOs, to more vividly portray potential careers.

Key Features:

  • Presents the only comprehensive guide to all major employment opportunities in health administration
  • Written in clear, jargon-free text
  • Authored by two senior and highly respected leaders in health administration education
  • Includes interviews with many different healthcare administrators at various types of organizations


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826193353
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Publication date: 11/20/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
File size: 462 KB

About the Author

Anthony R. Kovner, PhD, MPA, is professor emeritus of Public and Health Management at New York University (NYU) Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Dr. Kovner has written nine books, including coediting Healthcare Delivery in the United States (11th edition, Springer, 2015), and Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare: Principles, Cases and Perspectives (AUPHA, 2017). He has written 43 peer-reviewed articles on healthcare management, and has published 40 case studies. In 1999, Dr. Kovner was awarded the Filerman Prize for Educational Leadership from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration. He was director of the graduate program in health policy and management at NYU Wagner for over 20 years. Dr. Kovner has had extensive management experience in healthcare as a senior manager in two hospitals, a nursing home, a group practice, and a neighborhood health center. He has served as a consultant to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Healthcare System, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Montefiore Medical Center, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, among others. He was a board member of Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, for 25 years. He is a founding member of the Advisory Council for the Center for Evidence-Based Management, headquartered in the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments

I INTRODUCTION TO HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT

1. What Is Healthcare Management

2. Education in Healthcare Management

3. Finding Jobs in Healthcare Management

II HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT CAREERS

4. Careers in Acute Care Hospitals

5. Careers in Physician Practice Management

6. Careers in Long-Term Care

7. Careers in Commercial Health Insurance

8. Careers in Public Health Organizations

9. Careers in Consulting Firms

10. Careers in Health Information Technology

11. Careers in Durable Medical Equipment

12. Careers in Pharmaceutical Firms

13. Careers in Overseas Organizations

14. Careers in Health Association Management

15. Careers in Governmental and Nongovernmental Regulatory Bodies

16. Careers in Healthcare Management Education

17. Careers in Executive Search Firms

III THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT

18. Trends That Will Impact Healthcare Management

Job Search Blog

Index

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