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Understanding Health Policy by
Call Number: Available in Access MedicineISBN: 9780071770521Publication Date: 2012
New Titles
Health policy : application for nurses and other healthcare professionals / Demetrius J. Porche
Health care for some : rights and rationing in the United States since 1930 / Beatrix Hoffman
The health care handbook : a clear and concise guide to the United States health care system / Elisabeth Askin and Nathan Moore
Understanding health policy : a clinical approach / Thomas Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach
Reforming Health Care on the Front Line in the United States and the United Kingdom by
Call Number: WA540.AA1 G539c 2016ISBN: 9780801450051Publication Date: 2016-09-20There is constant pressure on hospitals to improve health care delivery and increase cost effectiveness. New initiatives are the order of the day in the dramatically different health care systems of the United States and Great Britain. Often, as we know all too well, these efforts are not successful. In The Challenge to Change, Rebecca Kolins Givan analyzes the successes and failures of efforts to improve hospitals and explains what factors make it likely that the implementation of reforms will be rewarded by positive transformation in a particular institution's day-to-day operation. Givan's in-depth qualitative case studies of both top-down initiatives and changes first suggested by staff on the front lines of care point clearly to the importance of all hospital workers in effecting change and even influencing national policy.Givan illuminates the critical role of workers, managers, and unions in enabling or constraining changes in policies and procedures and ensuring their implementation. Givan spotlights an Anglo-American model of hospital care and work organization, even while these countries retain their differences in access and payment. Entrenched professional roles, hierarchical workplace organization, and the sometimes-detached view of policymakers all shape the prospects for change in hospitals. Givan provides important examples of how the dedication and imagination of the people who work in hospitals can make all the difference when it comes to providing quality health care even in a challenging economic environment.
Legal Resources
- WestLaw Health KeySearch TopicsA difficult database for the novice but the best place to research legal matters. Ask a librarian for assistance.
- Global Health and Human Rights DatabaseReleased in October 2013, this database brings together judgments, constitutions, and legal conventions relating to human rights and health care.
Specialized sites
- Health Care - HealthCare.govA government website to explain the "Affordable Care Act" to consumers.
- International Health Systems: Overview - KaiserEDU.org, Health Policy Education from the Henry J. Kaiser Family FoundationFind comparisons for the United Kingdom, France, Singapore, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain.
- The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health - Institute of MedicineA 2010 comprehensive report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine
- Women’s Health Care Policy - Reports, Public OpinionInformation on women's access to care, coverage and reproductive health