Subjects:  1. Ethics    2. Ethics Committees, Research    3. Ethics, Medical    4. Institutional review boards (Medicine)    5. Management    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Nursing - General    9. Research    10. organization & administration    11. Research & development management   

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core curricullum for case management
I found the book very wordy and boring and contained very little information I could use in case management. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Business/Economics    3. Case management services    4. Health Care Delivery    5. Hospitals    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Nursing - Management & Leadership    8. Nursing - Test Preparation & Review    9. Nursing care plans    10. Outlines, syllabi, etc    11. Primary nursing    12. Hospital administration & management    13. Medical / Nursing / Management & Leadership    14. Nursing    15. USA   

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How to Create Win-Win-Win Partnerships in Health Care

Comprehensive Analysis
The author can be forgiven for writing a book that reads a little more like a formal academic paper, given his illustrious credentials. However, it is a surprisingly comfortable read given the complexity of the industry (if you could call it one industry) and the material covered. His analysis is as comprehensive as it is thought provoking. He does an excellent job of portraying the myriad of complex relationships between various evermore technologically sophisticated players within the health value chain. I would have preferred more coverage and discussion of specific company/organizational profiles. But, his artful and deft handling of the complex subject matter presented in a way that gives the reader many "aha" moments makes this book a must-read for anyone serious about the business of healthcare.

Excellent Industry Overview
For anyone working in the manufacturing or distribution industry within pharmaceutical, diagnostic or medical device companies, this book offers an excellent oversight. Its very helpful for anyone doing business analyst work in a technology department who is new to the industry, but wants to come up to speed rapidly. I recommend it for everyone in my department.
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Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Economic aspects    3. Health Care Delivery    4. Industries - General    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Medical care    8. Miscellanea    9. Organizational effectiveness    10. Physical distribution of goods    11. Health systems & services    12. Medical / Administration    13. Pharmaceutical industries    14. USA   

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Serious Foreign Policy Book
Pillar's importance has come to light to "the mainstream" of American thought after his piece titled "War, Policy, and the War in Iraq" came out in Foreign Affairs critizing the current war. Pillar, however, has had a long established career in foreign policy work. The book is not an "easy read" and is quite technical, but it is an essential read if you want to know what our country's top analysts think is the best way to deal with "terrorism". Furthermore, his insight into Bin Laden and his Al-Queda organization is very interesting as this book which was written before 9/11.

Not Our Fault
Measured perhaps is the word that best describes this book. Paul Pillar has clearly attempted to present the issues of terrorism in a dispassionate and reasoned manner. For the most part he has succeeded. He also provides the readers of the paperback edition of this book with a new introductory essay that ties the events of the 9/11 terrorist attacks into the main themes of the book. The book provides a useful basis for any discussion on the nature of terrorism and counter terrorism.
How has terrorism shaped our foreign policy
Paul R. Pillar has written in clear wording how terrorism has affected the United States Foreign Policy. Paul R. Pillar He pulls the curtain away from the terrorism mystic. You will learn about the other ways of dealing terrorism other than just the military option. For example
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Subjects:  1. Foreign relations    2. Government - U.S. Government    3. Political Freedom & Security - International Secur    4. Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism    5. Political Science    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Prevention    9. Terrorism    10. United States    11. Central government policies    12. Public health & preventive medicine    13. Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle    14. USA   

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Excellent for covering the basics
This text provides a practical application approach to case management. Combining theory, visual aids such as charts and diagrams, and case studies in particular practice settings, the beginning case manager will receive a strong foundation towards building skills. The current practitioner will also benefit from the text as a wonderful reference source. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Human Services    2. Management    3. Medical Social Work    4. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    5. Social Casework    6. Social Science    7. Social Work    8. Social case work    9. Sociology    10. United States    11. Health systems & services    12. Political Science / Social Services & Welfare   

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useful advice for many practices
Much of the advice in the book is applicable to any professional who wants to start her own practice. Not necessarily restricted to mental health workers. She offers useful tips in many mundane details of getting started and also in minimising your costs. The latter is vital, especially if you are starting a new practice of your own, and probably will have to carefully watch expenditure.
Excellent guide to starting a practice
Forget the fact that the author is a psychologist. Do not let that dissuade you from purchasing this book if you are not in the mental health care field. Perhaps 98% of the information is applicable to any health care provider wanting to establish a private practice.
Great on office practices and getting paid
I could have used a bit more on marketing, but really like this book.I bought it after "How to Survive and Thrive as a Therapist" which had more on the practice itself and not so much on the business end of things.A very helpful book and I am SO glad I bought it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Finance    5. General    6. Management    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Medical offices    9. Medicine    10. Practice    11. Practice Management & Reimbursement    12. Business & Management    13. Psychotherapy   

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not bad
the seller send the book very soon but she give me a wrong one, and then she send me another one, but it was lost in the way. Although she returned my money, but I took a course two weeks without textbook.

7th Edition pulls itself into the 21st Century
Having had to wait many weeks for the new, revised 7th Edition I was very pleased to note the improvements made from the 6th Edition. The color examples, universal legend symbols and easy paragraph read for the student are excellent. Another long awaited addition is the expanded Medi-Cal section (applicable to California only). Having been in the industry for 25 year I can say that this is the best Billing book on the market that I have been able to find. The only down side to this book is that it is not written for the "new" biller, but more for an intermediate to experienced biller. As long as the instructor can "dumb down" some of the excellent explanations, students will learn a tremendous amount from this book. I use it in my classroom along with my own material and the students are leaving the class with a well rounded knowledge base. Over all, I am pleased with the new Edition and it's contents.

Lots of info, perhaps too much.
I felt a little bogged down by all the information contained inthis book.It seemed too detailed and included a lot of stuff thatdidn't really apply to just medical insurance (for example thecomplete hypocratic oath which doctors take)! Overall, it was a pretty good book. It would have been a great book if they had cut out about a third or even half of the information.I thought Guide to Medical Billing, by a company called ICDC was much better. A lot of the pertinent data without too much extra.I also liked a book called The Medical Billing Handbook by Jason Cummings. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Allied Health Services - Medical Assistants    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Insurance - General    5. Insurance, Health    6. Management    7. Medical    8. Medical / Nursing    9. Medical claims processing industry    10. Medical offices    11. United States   

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Great
The quick service of getting this book for a college course was great. Thanks for being quick. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health & Fitness    2. Health services administration    3. Health/Fitness    4. Hospital Administration    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical care    7. Quality control    8. Total quality management    9. United States    10. Vision   

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Mathematical & Biostatistical Epidemiological Methods
This is a very good textbook and reference for those seeking to model and understand epidemiology techniques.Calculus and probability theory are introduced at a basic level and the book progresses onto advanced concepts of statistical modeling.It has an A to Z format which makes it useful for looking up topics easily.The book starts out with fundamental techniques but explores complicated topics in greater detail toward the end of the single volume.I really like it as an MPH Student interested in epidemiology and plan on using it alot more in my career.Five Hundred dollars is alot, but probably worth it.This book is possibly not an absolute necessity, but I am glad I purchased it when I did, in the first year of the MPH Program.

compilation of authoritative articles
For a biostatistician at a pharmaceutical company who needs to combine clinical trial data with information in the literature from case-control and other non-randomized data, understanding of the latest epidemiologic methods is essential. In this reference source Mitch Gail and Jacques Benichou provide all the important abbreviations and acronyms and 201 articles listed alphabetical by title along with author and subject indices at the end of the volume. Each article has its own list of references to the relevant literature. The list of contributors is over 140 including many very famous biostatisticians from around the world. Young scientist
This is a very valuable book, helping to be familiar with epidemiological methods. This will alllow you to use right epidemiological methods in preparing scientistic work. Thank for authors. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biostatistics    2. Encyclopedias    3. Epidemiology    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Public Health    7. Reference    8. Epidemiology & medical statistics    9. Medical / Biostatistics    10. Reference works   

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ready to use elementary k-2
This is a great book full of ideas to help teach k-2. It is very useful in teaching skills and just little games as well. very well developed for not only intro activities but for fitness and skill related activities as well.

great book
I also think this book is great with a great progression of skills and clear directions and photos.Can easily be adapted for a useful preK motor development guide as well.

Useful Ideas for teachers
This book has an abundance of great PE games and activities for teachers who have little experience or familiarity teaching PE right up to different ways of teaching mandatory skills for the experienced teacher.Many of the activities need few or no equipment which is good for many teachers who work in schools with few resources.I highly recommend this book to any early primary teacher. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Curricula    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Elementary    5. Physical Education    6. Physical education for childre    7. Physical education for children    8. Planning    9. Public health & preventive medicine   

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Obviously not the first shot at the material.
The author created an invaluable tool to help begineers understand the rather complicated topic of managed care using a straightforward linear approach to the topic.All topics are covered early with references to indepth coverage found later in the volume.
Management of Managed Care
The book was easy to understand and was written from the perspective of someone who is unfamiliar with the managed care topic.I recommend it highly

Excellent Overview of Managed Care
Excellent, comprehensive primer on the intricacies of managed care.Covers all the major topics, including delivery systems, public and private sector forms of managed care, regulatory and legal issues, medicalmanagement, information systems, and operational issues.Thoughtfully doneby Dr. Peter R. Kongstvedt and contributors. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health Care Delivery    2. Medicaid & Medicare    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Medical Law & Legislation    6. Family & Health    7. Medicine: General Issues   

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Yes, it gives wise advice!
Mostly common sense, but great way to start out your practicing career fresh out of residency!!!

Psychiatrist Review
This book really "works"-it's getting rid of the stress in my medical practice.The text is fast reading, no-balony, actually entertaining-loaded with great examples, quotes, and vignettes that drive home the many pearls (and a fair scattering of diamonds) or practical wisdom.I was immediately able to tell this book was written by practicing docs just like me:no wheezy absrtractions, no boring theory-mongoring, and no long lists of desirable (but impossible-to -achieve) "ideal" practices.Instead this is smart, practical stuff I have been able to use immediately to save myself hassles and wasted time/motion/effort.I highly recommend to all physicians the section on how to leverage your relationships to produce more, and also the section on continuing education, which was an eye-opener for me.I personally feel that every practicing physician should have a copy of this book,and use what's in it.Get this book today-it will work for you.

for neophytes
A wonderful book for new docs, but as one who has practices for 20 years , I felt "been there done that" with most of the advice. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health Care Delivery    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Physicians    5. Reference   

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I hate this book!!
I absolutely without a doubt hate this book.It is a required book for a course that I am taking.It uses way to many initials instead of writing the complete name of each organization, so unless you have one heck of a memory you arn't sure which organization that those initials stand for.It is a very hard book to sit down and read because it is way to boring, the authors go on and on about about the topics instead of presenting the topics in a clear straight forward way.The questions at the end of each chapter are mostly based on your opinion, so you are never quite sure if your answer is correct or not.I can't wait till this class is over so that I never have to read this book again!!!

fast service book not in condition described
I received the book in four days of order. In the description it said "good condition, no writing or highlighting inside book. Good buy!" The book has a ton of highlighting throughout. Not such a good buy.

U wanna know why this is an excellent book
I rate this book as an excellent book because it has covered a wide variety of things you would like to learn in health services. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Health & Fitness    3. Health Care Delivery    4. Health Care Issues    5. Health facilities    6. Health/Fitness    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Practice Management & Reimbursement    9. Health systems & services   

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Practice Management & Reimbursement   

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Success, Loosely Defined
Ruth Levine's Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health is a valuable contribution to public health literature.By detailing numerous interventions which have been successful at addressing the problem they tackled, Levine exposes the reader to the possibility of cost-effective health interventions with real impact in lower-income countries.Too often public health writing focuses on the numerous barriers to successful health improvement, and for those public health workers working in developing countries, burnout and despair runs high.Levine puts the spotlight on what has been done, and in several cases shows how the success can be spread to other areas.
great intro to public health problems and solutions
This book provides a diverse set of 17 cases in which governments and international organizations succeeded in large-scale public health interventions. This is an excellent foil to the commonly circulating pessimism regarding the aid industry. (For an over-the-top example of that, see Graham Hancock's Lords of Poverty.) Drawing on both well-documented secondary sources and on interviews with key players in the cases, the authors make convincing arguments for causality between the intervention and the health improvement in most of the cases.
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Subjects:  1. Developing countries    2. Health & Fitness    3. Health Care Delivery    4. Health/Fitness    5. Healthy Living    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Public Health    8. World health   

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I Hide Mine...
I have bought at least 3 earlier versions of this book.While it can't have every abbreviation, since some doctors are fond of making up their own, it still comes very close.Because I work in an acute care hospital reviewing the records for coding purposes, this book is worth every penny.It's hard enough to deal with the proverbial physician scrawl without trying to figure out the latest acronym.I'll share this book with others in the Medial Record department, but I never leave it out of my sight:)

First time buyer
I was a little nervous purchasing books on-line, but after reading previous reviews from other buyers, I took my chances.I could not believe the impeccable condition of the book purchased.I recommended this to my co-workers and I want to thank the seller and past buyers (on their reviews) for such honesty.Such a pleasure to see this quality still being effective.Thanks.

Super Source
Medicine is not an exact science, but it doesn't mean that doctors (and nurses) can make up their own abbreviations or use ones that have three conflicting meanings! I am now able to make them aware how dangerously they are practicing, and the backup source to point it out. Since they now "borrow your book Marylou", transcribing orders is not only safer, but less stressfull as it has cut down on "bogus" abbreviations. Great book,I use it daily!
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Subjects:  1. Dictionaries & Terminology    2. Medical   

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Thorough basic coverage
I have always enjoyed BTLS.I am excited that the BTLS education committee decided to split their focus into Basic and Advanced.An EMT-B can use the Advanced book for further knowledge about what their EMT-P's are doing (but obviously not for their own practice!).Both editions are well laid out with excellent notations and case studies.Worth purchasing your own copy if texts are provided to you.

I'm still waiting for the book to be delivered!!
It's been well over a month since I ordered this book and still have not recieved it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Emergency Medical Services    2. Allied Health Services - General    3. Emergency Medical Services    4. Emergency Medicine    5. Emergency medical technicians    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Medical Personnel    9. Medical emergencies    10. Traumatology    11. methods    12. Accident & emergency medicine    13. Health systems & services    14. Medical / Allied Health Services / Emergency Medical Services   

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You most likely don't have a choice
This book is practically written to reinforce common sense stuff dealing with health. Unfortunetly many of us choose to forget these things soon after we learn them. this book for many of us is not a "fun read" rather a requirement for a class.Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. General    3. Health Care Delivery    4. Medical    5. Mental Health    6. Health & Fitness / General    7. Personal & public health   

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Simply excelent !!!
It is the most helpful book on decision processes in health economics and outcomes research. Not alone, it is fully compliant with the TreeAge software as far as terminology is concerned.
Refreshing Look at Medical Decision Making
Clearly written! Excellent choice of exercises! This will make a good reading for anyone even remotely interested in making decisions in health care or medicine. The methods and techniques elucidated here will be useful at all levels of the health care system. Get a copy of this book and do not drop it until you've read it all. Probably, the most comprehensible state-of-the-art textbook of medical decision sciences devoid of undue jargon. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Decision making    3. Dentistry - General    4. Evidence-based medicine    5. Health Care Administration    6. Health Care Delivery    7. Health Care Issues    8. Health Care Policy    9. Medical    10. Medical / Nursing    11. Medical care    12. Medicine    13. Values    14. Epidemiology & medical statistics    15. Medical / Dentistry / General    16. Medicine--Decision making