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Interprofessional education and training
\"Collaborative working is on the rise in social work and health care these days, especially in complicated areas such as safeguarding children, working with community mental health services, and providing services for the elderly or disabled children. But collaborative working brings with it a number of practical difficulties. This book focuses on interprofessional education (IPE), which is generally seen as a key solution to those difficulties. It provides a thorough introduction to IPE in health care and social work and examines research evidence in detail, providing essential practical advice.\" --Publisher's website.
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Lean in Healthcare
Continual pressures on healthcare budgets coupled with increasing demands and evidence of poor performance have led national and local healthcare organizations to look for methods to improve quality, safety and value in health service delivery. Increasingly this search for solutions has extended beyond the boundaries of healthcare practice to investigate successfully employed methods from other industries. Lean Systems Thinking and continuous improvement activities have come to the attention of healthcare administrators looking for ways to improve organizational performance. Originating in the work of Deming and refined in Japan, lean techniques and lean management principles have been developing in manufacturing settings since the 1950s. After becoming prominent in the early 1980s, lean practices have more recently been introduced into service industries. The papers in this issue reflect once again the impact lean, LST and associated approaches can have on a healthcare system. The papers indicate the importance of not only the tools and techniques but the organisational factors that are important to implement and sustain the lean approach.
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Rationing in health care : the theory and practice of priority setting
The challenges faced by those rationing scarce health care resources have intensified following the economic downturn. This book tackles this challenge by exploring the latest thinking and practice on priority setting methods. In an accessible style the book brings together theories, practice and evidence from a wide range of disciplines and provides practical, evidence-based prescriptions for decision makers. It will be of interest to all health care managers and students of health care policy and management.
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