This textbook covers all general areas of knowledge required for a trainee, generalist medical administrator, and doctor undergoing training to be a medical administrator specialist. Chapters cover all the key topics on medical administration and leadership. Some of the key topics included are: health systems and policy, health law, private health and insurance, health disaster planning, population and public health, health information and technology, and health economics and financial management.Medical practitioners of today are part of huge changes in medical practice as continuing developments are happening in biomedical sciences and clinical practice with new health priorities, rising expectations among patients and the public, and changing societal attitudes. Consequently, basic knowledge and skills, while fundamentally important are not enough today on their own and doctors thus need to demonstrate leadership combined with sound management skills to drive the necessary changes required to meet the challenges head. This book serve as an invaluable resource for a wide spectrum of physicians including specialists, clinician managers and other health professionals, as well as non-clinical managers working in health. This is a gateway text for trainees in medical administration, specialist medical administrators, aspiring medical managers, health service managers, and heads of service and departments in various medical specialties.
Prof. Erwin Loh is the national Chief Medical Officer for St Vincent's Health Australia. He is qualified in medicine and law and has an MBA, Master of Health Service Management, and Ph.D. He is Vice President of the Royal Australasian College of Administrators. He is an adjunct Professor at Monash University, the University of Melbourne, and Macquarie University. He teaches and conducts research in health law, health management, and clinical leadership. He received the Distinguished Fellow Award from RACMA in 2017 for "commitment to governance, research, and publication."
Dr. Paul W. Long is the Founding Director Centre for Health Leadership, Australasia. Paul is an experienced senior health sector consultant and academic specializing in organizational systems and behavior change. He is also the author of 2 other books on clinical leadership and many high-profile reports and papers on systems approaches to improving the safety and quality of health care through cultural change, leadership, and engagement. Dr. Long is a research fellow at St Vincent’s Health Australia and a Harvard Kennedy School of Government alumnus. He has a doctorate in business administration.
