Slee's Health Care Terms, 4th Edition - Softcover

Slee, Vergil

9781889458021: Slee's Health Care Terms, 4th Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1889458023 ISBN 13: 9781889458021

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2001

With over 6,700 nonmedical words, phrases, and acronyms related to the health-care industry, this is the leading healthcare dictionary available today. Covering finance and reimbursement, managed care, government regulation, legal issues, governance, and more, Slee's tells you what a term means, and why you need to know it in today's healthcare environment.

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About the Author:

Vergil Slee, MD, MPH, is a "renowned medical informatics pioneer." He has served over 30 years on the faculty of Estes Park Institute (which holds national conferences for hospital medical staff officers, hospital and other healthcare administrators and trustees, and community members). Dr. Slee is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the American Public Health Association, and an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Debora Slee is an attorney and writer with experience in healthcare law, hospital quality management, and managed care organizations. She was contributing author to The Law of Hospital and Health Care Administration, Second Edition, by Arthur F. Southwick.

HJ Schmidt is a retired farmer and recovering lawyer who just really likes information technology. He's been around, done a few things, and learned a bit about various stuff. He managed to write some of it down.

Review:

A treasury of definitions ... destined to be a medical classic in the genre of Taber's Medical Dictionary ... -- Journal of the Florida Medical Association

Far from being a dry glossary, this volume is a delight to browse ... -- American Reference Books Annual

One of the most complete glossaries of health care ... for professionals and laypeople available. A "must" for board members. -- The Minnesota Hospital Trustee

Should be put in the pocket of every healthcare trustee ... every healthcare management student and probably every medical student ... -- Doody's Review Service, April 2002

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