Textbook of Medical Administration and Leadership

Description of Textbook of Medical Administration and Leadership

This textbook covers all general areas of knowledge required for a trainee, generalist medical administrator, and doctor undergoing training to be a medical administrator specialist. Chapters cover all the key topics on medical administration and leadership. Some of the key topics included are: health systems and policy, health law, private health and insurance, health disaster planning, population and public health, health information and technology, and health economics and financial management.

Medical practitioners of today are part of huge changes in medical practice as continuing developments are happening in biomedical sciences and clinical practice with new health priorities, rising expectations among patients and the public, and changing societal attitudes. Consequently, basic knowledge and skills, while fundamentally important are not enough today on their own and doctors thus need to demonstrate leadership combined with sound management skills to drive the necessary changes required to meet the challenges head.

This book serve as an invaluable resource for a wide spectrum of physicians including specialists, clinician managers and other health professionals, as well as non-clinical managers working in health. This is a gateway text for trainees in medical administration, specialist medical administrators, aspiring medical managers, health service managers, and heads of service and departments in various medical specialties.

About the Author

Erwin Loh is a Chief Medical Officer at Monash Health, Victoria. Prior to this he was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia. He has a medical degree from the University of Melbourne, and a law degree with honours from Monash University.

Paul W. Long is currently the Founding Director, Centre for Health Leadership, Australasia. Paul is an experienced senior health sector consultant and academic specializing in organizational systems and behavior change related to the safety and quality of healthcare systems and service delivery models, specializing in leadership.

Peter Spurgeon is the founder of the Institute for Clinical Leadership at Warwick Medical School, United Kingdom and a leading authority on medical engagement. He was Director of the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham prior to joining Warwick Medical School (WMS).

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