Managing a Hospital

This book demonstrates how hospitals can be transformed into dynamic, patient-centered, and cost-effective organizations. It describes systems for providing safe, high-quality medical services and outlines the importance of data for health outcomes.

In this regard, the book underscores the importance of decision-making and delegation, as well as the effective use of administrative staff, new technologies, and evidence-based medicine to benefit patients and boost efficiency. At the same time, it emphasizes the importance of applying metrics to improve cost-effectiveness.

Although primarily intended as a hands-on book for clinical leaders, it also considers hospitals from a broader societal perspective, making it of interest to leaders at all organizational levels in hospitals and to policymakers alike.

Chapter 1 - Safety first

Chapter 2 - Prove quality

Chapter 3 - Show empathy

Chapter 4. Reduce the administrative burden

Chapter 5 - Take control of hospital finances

Chapter 6- How to make decisions

Chapter 7 - See your employees and define your personal added value

Chapter 9 - How to meet the press

Chapter 10. How to get control over your own time?

Key points

Author Biography

Index