Check out this month’s selections for our “What’s On Your Bookshelf?” series from Health Administration Press, the publishing division of the Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives. As one of the largest publishers in the field of healthcare management, there are titles for healthcare professionals at every stage of their career.
This month, we are featuring books authored by faculty of our upcoming Clusters in New York July 25–28 and Washington, D.C. Aug. 22–23. Select HAP titles will be on sale at each program.
Essential Operational Components for High-Performing Healthcare Enterprises
The move toward value-based care is happening at an unprecedented rate and requires healthcare enterprises to build delivery models that focus on clinical and business outcomes, not on volume. This shift requires a new infrastructure that supports the digitization, standardization, commoditization and globalization of the healthcare industry.
This book highlights the operational building blocks necessary to engage, align and transform healthcare organizations into integrated delivery systems capable of delivering population healthcare outcomes in new ways. It defines the fundamental operational components for achieving success in a value-based world including collaborative leadership, governance competencies and rapidly evolving clinical and executive roles.
Jonathan Burroughs, MD, FACHE, is the faculty for the program “Leading in a Changing Environment: Focus on Population Health,” at the New York Cluster.
The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide, Second Edition
In the ever-changing environment, the profession of healthcare management needs strong candidates to rise to the challenges of today and carry organizations into the future.
The Emerging Healthcare Leader is an essential resource for those in the early stages of their careers. Packed with tactics, tips and illuminating straightforward examples, this book is an indispensable guide to building your career in healthcare leadership.
Honestly and authentically, the authors offer practical suggestions and share anecdotes, personal stories and important lessons learned from their own professional experiences such as developing self-awareness, practicing self-management and more.
Laurie K. Baedke, FACHE, is the faculty for the program “Mentor, Coach, Lead to Peak Professional Performance,” at the Washington, D.C. Cluster.
Reigniting Employee Engagement: A Guide to Rediscovering Purpose and Meaning in Healthcare
The future of work is changing, and many traditional engagement tactics are losing effectiveness. Bonuses and thank-you notes may produce temporary boosts in morale but do not build a long-term culture of true engagement.
Reigniting Employee Engagement: A Guide to Rediscovering Purpose and Meaning in Healthcare presents a simple model for creating sustainable employee engagement. Rising caregiver burnout is an especially critical issue, and this book provides a method for refocusing on basic human needs to reenergize the healthcare workforce.
Author Tom Atchison explores the psychology of why and how people commit to their work, while debunking many myths, such as money being the best motivator. Each chapter features an interview with a successful healthcare executive who offers perspective and advice on how best to approach employee engagement. These “performance profiles” allow readers to see how the book’s model applies to real-world scenarios in healthcare.
Tom Atchison is the faculty for the program “Leading and Managing in Changing Times,” at the New York Cluster.