Fundamentals of Human Resources in Healthcare

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>Fundamentals of Human Resources in Healthcare takes a back-to-basics approach to workforce management. It sets forth fundamental concepts that will help healthcare managers succeed at the most important and challenging part of their job: managing people. Unlike books that peddle the latest oversimplified solution or quick-fix cure-all for workforce challenges, this book presents proven best practices and evidence-based strategies for successfully working with employees.

This new edition puts human resources in the context of today's healthcare environment, with all of its rapid, ongoing, and unprecedented changes. Thoroughly revised and updated, it includes:

- A new chapter on enhancing diversity and inclusion in healthcare organizations
- Expanded material on physician compensation, including changes in incentives; compensation practices in patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations; and challenges in measuring physician productivity
- Revised and updated content on the legal and regulatory environment of human resources management, including sexual harassment, electronic monitoring and workplace searches, and termination
- A new chapter on human resources management practices that support quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
>Written for current and aspiring managers throughout a healthcare organization--not just those employed in the human resources department--this book establishes a vision in which everyone is a human resources manager.