New Perspectives in Healthcare: Impacts of Regulation, Organization, Reform and Change in the United States Health System (Emerald Gems)

Limited, Emerald Group Publishing

ISBN 10: 1785608754 / ISBN 13: 9781785608759

Published by Emerald Publishing, 2015

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pp. 196.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Perspectives in Healthcare: Impacts of Regulation, Organization, Reform and Change in the United States Health System (Emerald Gems)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785608754
• ISBN 13: 9781785608759
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

New Perspectives in Healthcare: Impacts of Regulation, Organization, Reform and Change in the United States Health System is a new collection of topical articles that represent the very highest level of scholarship in health care management. A mixture of original research and thought leadership pieces combine to examine the changing landscape of the US healthcare system, looking at the impact of changing structures, legislation and policies over recent years. Covering key topics such as: - the 2010 Affordable Care Act;- the impacts of Medicare and Medicaid;- mandatory public reporting;- changes in technology including electronic personal health records; and - coping with an ageing population. This unique collection also considers the impacts of changes on all health sectors including primary care, hospital and acute settings and social care organizations. This book provides researchers, professionals, managers and policy makers with an easy-to-read summary of how the US healthcare system has evolved and provides food for thought on how to prepare for the challenges of the future.

Review

This volume collects 13 reprinted articles (first published in Emerald journals from 2011-2013) on healthcare in the US and its regulation, reform, and evolution, with discussion of the Affordable Care Act, the impacts of Medicare and Medicaid, mandatory public reporting, changes in technology such as electronic personal health records, and coping with an aging population. Healthcare and other specialists also discuss physician Medicare fraud, continuous improvement in public reporting, what Canada can learn from the US experience in reducing healthcare-associated infections, applying the free market philosophy to healthcare, pharmaceutical supply chain management, primary care, hospice care, healthcare management, and age-based rationing. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. --Annotation ©2016 Ringgold Inc. Portland, OR (protoview.com)