Introduction to Health Care Management is aconcise,reader-friendly, introductory healthcare management bookthatcovers a wide variety of healthcare settings, from hospitalstonursing homes and clinics. Filled with examples to engagethereader’s imagination, the important issues inhealthcaremanagement, such as ethics, cost management, strategicplanning andmarketing, information technology, and human resources,are allthoroughly covered. Guidelines and rubrics along withnumerous casestudies make this text both student-friendly andteacher friendly.It is the perfect resource for students ofhealthcare management,nursing, allied health, businessadministration, pharmacy,occupational therapy, publicadministration, and public health.“Drs. Buchbinder and Shankshave done a masterful job inselecting topics and authors andputting them together in ameaningful and coherent manner. Eachchapter of the book isdesigned to give the student the core contentthat must become partof the repertoire of each and every healthcaremanager, whetherentry level or senior executive. Each of thechapters andaccompanying cases serve to bring to life what it meansto be atruly competent healthcare manager.” —LeonardH.Friedman, PhD, MPA, MPH, Professor, Dept of HealthServicesManagement and Leadership, and Director of the Master ofHealthServices Administration program, George WashingtonUniversity,School of Public Health and Health Services “I amvery happywith Health Care Management and will be adopting it for anewcourse that I will be teaching. This is probably thebestmanagement text I have seen so far. I was thrilled toreceiveit.” —Sally K. Fauchald, PhD, RN, AssistantProfessorof Nursing, The College of St. Scholastica “A solidtext thatcovers a wide range of management topics.”—Michael H.Sullivan, Director HCA Program, MethodistUniversity, Fayetteville,North Carolina