mHealth: transforming healthcare

Examines regulatory trends and their impact on mHealth innovations and applications Offers solutions for those in the health care industry that are attempting to engage consumers in reducing healthcare costs and in improving their health care encounters and personal health Explains what is necessary for long-term viability of mHealth as a health care delivery medium

The Future Of Healthcare: The Editors Weigh In

The present chapter provides the opportunity for the co-editors of this book to speculate on how the healthcare industry and management of that industry must or may change to accommodate future challenges. In the future, we will experience both evolutionary and revolutionary changes in all countries as we struggle to balance the necessity for enhanced patient access and quality with the need to contain costs. Such pressures will be particularly acute in developing countries in managing these goals with an aging population and workforce

The Retail Revolution In Health Care: Who Will Win And Who Will Lose?

Retailers are expected to profoundly affect health care delivery by providing an alternative site for basic medical care. Retail health services are described together with their potential impacts on patient\u27s health care providers and payors. This article concludes with implications for health care executives. © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc

Evaluating Stakeholder Management Performance Using A Stakeholder Report Card: The Next Step In Theory And Practice

In the highly competitive health care environment, the survival of an organization may depend on how well powerful stakeholders are managed. Yet, the existing strategic stakeholder management process does not include evaluation of stakeholder management performance. To address this critical gap, this paper proposes a systematic method for evaluation using a stakeholder report card. An example of a physician report card based on this methodology is presented

Handbook Of Healthcare Management

The Handbook of Healthcare Management is a comprehensive examination of key management practices for global healthcare organizations, arguing that insight into and implementation of these practices is essential for success and sustainability