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The Middleboro Casebook: Healthcare Strategy and Operations, Third Edition

Lee F. Seidel, PhD James B. Lewis, ScD

Softbound, 352pp, 2023
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Instructor Resources: A comprehensive instructor’s manual that works in tandem with the textbook to help instructors provide students with an immersive case study experience. The Case Tables are also provided in an Excel format. The manual includes extensive how-to guidelines and teaching notes, suggested assignments, and additional assignments that tie to select Health Administration Press textbooks: 

Welcome to Middleboro—a fictional community that will help your students practice navigating authentic healthcare management challenges. 

 

The Middleboro Casebook begins by detailing the local issues and national forces shaping Middleboro and its surrounding communities. Each case that follows presents a detailed picture of the structure, function, and operation of a different type of organization within the region. Both qualitative and quantitative case data allow students to perform multi-layer analysis including: 
 
  • Defining a comprehensive strategy for a specific business unit
  • Assessing multiple organizational arrangements, including mergers and acquisitions
  • Evaluating the opportunity for horizontal and vertical integration

This significantly updated third edition reflects current realities including the impact of a pandemic. Six new cases introduce additional organizational entities including a freestanding emergency room, a freestanding ambulatory surgical center, a continuing care retirement center, and an accountable care organization. New content weaved throughout this edition highlights how shifting market dynamics affect both fledgling and established organizations. 

Use The Middleboro Casebook to bring realistic scenarios to foundational and capstone courses, or use the fictional healthcare marketplace as a recurring element woven throughout a program’s entire curriculum. The casebook and its accompanying manual allow instructors the flexibility and creativity to give their students a truly immersive and challenging experience.

Book Details

Order Code: 2459
ACHE Activate ISBN: 978-1-64055-524-2
Print ISBN: 978-1-64055-352-1
ePub ISBN: 978-1-64055-349-1

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