Dennis D. Pointer – författare

You can get there Where do you want to go? You might already be working in a health care or business setting. You may be looking to expand your skills. Or, you might be setting out on a new career path. Wherever you want to go, Introduction to U.S. Health Care will help you get there. Easy-to-read, practical, and up-to-date, this text not only helps you learn fundamental concepts of the American health care system; it also helps you master the core competencies and skills you need to succeed in the classroom and beyond. The book's brief, modular format and variety of built-in learning resources enable you to learn at your own pace and focus your studies. With this book, you will be able to:* Understand the role of governing boards and the challenges they face.* Compare and contrast the primary-care and specialty-care models.* Explore recent health care reforms that affect the primary-care model.* Examine how we pay for health care.* Learn about the many different roles played by the health care workforce.* Discover how medical miracles are financed.* Trace the evolution of hospitals throughout the nation's history and through their current state.* Assess the reasons behind the growing reliance on ambulatory care.* Understand who needs long-term care, why, and what the choices are.* Explore the challenges of providing health services for society's most vulnerable groups.* Identify obstacles in caring for the uninsured.* Examine the types of managed care organizations, such as HMOs, PPOs, and POS plans.* Explore current and future challenges for the health care industry.* Understand the impact of new and emerging laws, regulations, and initiatives. Wiley Pathways helps you achieve your goals When it comes to learning about health care, not everyone is on the same path. But everyone wants to succeed. The new Wiley Pathways series in Health Care Management helps you achieve your goals with its brief, inviting format, clear language, and focus on core competencies and skills. The books in this series--Introduction to U.S. Health Care, Health Care Economics, Health Care Management, and Health Care Law and Ethics--offer a coordinated curriculum for learning health care management. Learn more at www.wiley.com/go/pathways.

American College of Healthcare Executives 2000 James A. Hamilton book of the year awardWritten by Dennis Pointer and James Orlikoff, two of the most experienced and highly regarded governance consultants in thecountry, Board Work presents a practical model focusing on those factors that most affect board performance. Rich withprescriptive information, practical ideas, assessment tools, and examples, Pointer and Orlikoff provide the expert coaching boardsneed to do their best work and add value to their organizations.Based on the authors' forty years of combined experience, thiseye-opening book arms boards with tools and techniques tosignificantly enhance their performance and contributions. Pointer and Orlikoff forward concrete recommendations for implementing benchmark governance systems and practices, creating the essentialguide for those who want to make a real difference on behalf of communities they serve."This is the best book on health care organization governanceI have ever read."--Stephen Shortell, Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley

While boards acknowledge they bear ultimate responsibility and accountability for their organizations' affairs, governance quality is often far from optimal. The High- Performance Board offers pragmatic and candid advice about what your board must do to maximize performance and contributions. The authors provide sixty-four principles designed to help your board achieve peak performance. They describe every principle in detail and present best practices and practical applications for each one. Each section of the book concludes with a board check-up-a set of questions that can be used to assess your board in light of the principles. A quick read for busy board members, this book is the ultimate board "drivers' manual."

Dennis D. Pointer and James E. Orlikoff, two of the most experienced and highly regarded governance consultants in the country, have written a definitive guide for health care boards that want to maximize their performance and help their organizations reach full potential. Getting to Great presents a set of easily applied principles and best practices based on a model that has been proven to strengthen health care governance. Filled with tools and techniques, this practical guide includes * A model of health care governance used by the best health care boards * Seventy-two governance principles and associated practices and tips on helping the board to use them * Checkups for assessing a board * Guidelines for implementing principle-based governance This guide will be an invaluable resource for health care board members and executives who are committed to investing in their organization's future.

Health care industry board members are called upon to make decisions that have an enormous effect on their organizations, medical staffs, employees, and their communities. To be effective, they must understand context; the health care industry's structure and dynamics The Health Care Industry offers board members a comprehensive resource that clearly explains how health services are organized, financed, and provided. This much-needed resource contains a wealth of information and Explains board responsibilitiesDescribes organizations that provide health services such as ambulatory care facilities, physician practices, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, health systems and public health agenciesClarifies how money moves through the system: insurance, health plans, Medicare, Medicaid and HMOs.Describes the characteristics and training of health professionals including physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, chiropractors, and physicians assistantsProvides a glossary of health care terms, concepts, and acronyms