TOP MEDICAL BOOKS

The process of converting voice dictation to a typewritten format is known as transcription. In the early years of medical transcription it was not uncommon for very large hospitals to have staffs of 40 or 50 medical transcriptionists working one or more shifts. A transcription supervisor, who in turn reported to the Medical Records Director, generally oversaw these transcriptionists. The services... Read the story →

Book Description: This current, accurate and detailed industry guide for financial service professionals examines life and health insurance simultaneously from the viewpoints of the buyer, the advisor, and the insurer—providing a comprehensive and unbiased treatise on individual and group life; a forthright appraisal of life and health insurance industry products with careful consideration of... Read the story →

Book Description: Problems in Health Care Law, Ninth Edition has been extensively updated and restructured to utilize the “problems” approach. The text highlights general principles and emphasizes areas that remain most problematic. This classic book deliberately seeks to state expressly the general principles – both of the underlying conflicting public policies and the legal... Read the story →

Book Description: Now in its fifth edition, The Law of Healthcare Administration continues to examine the legal aspects of healthcare from a management perspective. Using plain language, the book is a comprehensive treatment of health law in the United States, addressing topics from the basic structure of the court system to the general legal responsibilities of healthcare organizations to the... Read the story →

Book Description: Health Care Administration: Planning, Implementing, and Managing Organized Delivery Systems, Fourth Edition continues to be the definitive guide to contemporary health administration. It provides comprehensive coverage of detailed functional, technical, and organizational matters that pertain to organized delivery systems. It also extensively covers matters that relate to hospitals... Read the story →

Book Description: Risk management for health care institutions involves the protection of the assets of the organizations, agencies, and individual providers from liability. A strategic approach can result in significant cost savings. Risk Management in Health Care Institutions: A Strategic Approach offers governing boards, chief executive officers, administrators, and health profession students... Read the story →

Book Description: Heath Care Economics, now in its 6th Edition, is primarily used as a resource for courses in health economics. It assumes little economics training and it provides an economic approach to understanding health care issues. The book is unique compared to its competition in its comprehensive discussion of the various topics covered, and the number of topics it covers. New to this... Read the story →

Book Description: Our experts add valuable resources and track regulatory and coding changes to provide a premier code reference that meets your professional coding needs. The 2009 ICD-9-CM Expert for Hospitals, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 includes new features and resources designed to simplify Severity of Illness and Present on Admission issues. Work smrter with our hallmark color coding and intuitive... Read the story →

Book Description: This new edition of Financial Management of Health Care Organizations offers an introduction to the most-used tools and techniques of health care financial management, including health care accounting and financial statements; managing cash, billings and collections; making major capital investments; determining cost and using cost information in decision-making; budgeting and... Read the story →

Book Description: From the recognized experts in health administration comes a newly revised edition of the authoritative text for health services managers! Articulate and highly readable, the fifth edition of Managing Health Services Organizations and Systems examines virtually every aspect of health services management. While still providing comprehensive coverage of the conceptual frameworks... Read the story →

Book Description: Relied on for over 20 years by resident and practicing anesthesiologists and CRNAs, this best-selling pocket reference is now in its Seventh Edition. In easy-to-scan outline format, it provides current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines for anesthesia procedures throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods and in the... Read the story →

Book Description: This pocket atlas does not attempt to provide a complete theoretical knowledge of histology, which may be approached using comprehensive works on cytology, histology and microscopic anatomy. It rather conveys a basic understanding of the elements in histology and the microscopic anatomy of the human body. Students of histology will value this pocket atlas as a course companion... Read the story →