TY - BOOK AU - Marcinko,David E. AU - Hetico,Hope R. TI - Hospitals & health care organizations: management strategies, operational techniques, tools, templates, and case studies SN - 9781439879900 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - RA971 .H635 2013 U1 - 362.1068 H828 2013 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Boca Raton PB - Taylor & Francis/CRC Press KW - Health Facility Administration KW - methods KW - United States KW - Efficiency, Organizational KW - Financial Management KW - Organizational Innovation KW - Quality Assurance, Health Care N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Public health N2 - "Drawing on the expertise of decision-making professionals, leaders, and managers in healthcare organizations, this book addresses their ubiquitous struggles with decreasing revenues, increasing costs, and high consumer expectations in a competitive market. Offering practical experience and applied operating vision, the authors integrate Lean, managerial applications, and regulatory perspectives with real-world case studies, models, and reports, as well as charts, tables, diagrams, and sample contracts. The result is an integration of Lean management and operational strategies vital to healthcare administrators, comptrollers, and physician-executives"--Provided by publisher ER -