Health Care Resource Management: Present and Future Challenges

This text provides a comprehensive analysis of the utilization of health care resources and issues relevant to nurses and health care personnel. It emphasizes cost-effective approaches to the delivery of health care the nurse's important role in delivering high quality care. This text also provides some new and innovative perspectives on how nurses and health care personnel can manage resources efficiently, and it takes a look at the present and future challenges of health care resource management.

* Provides an analysis of resource management systems that will minimize resource consumption to maximize consumer satisfaction. Presents a conceptual model for managing health care. * Provides a broad perspective on the need for effective health resource management specific to nursing and the health care industry. * Presents discussion and analysis of quality improvement outcomes and promotes strategies for cost containment. * Addresses the financial and economic forces impacting nursing care as well as the entire health care industry. * Analyzes the future trends and challenges related to resource management, which nurses will face as our health care delivery system continues to evolve. * Presents case studies followed by thought-provoking questions throughout the text to help readers learn and understand how nurses impact the cost-effective utilization of resources within the health care delivery system.