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Welcome
Greetings! Your Course Shell provides you with several examples of possible assignments. This LibGuide will address some of those while introducing resources to assist you with your research. These will fall in four broad categories.
Background Sources
These are resources to help you develop a basic understanding of a topic and perhaps help you locate resources for your Project. These are typically online encyclopedias and dictionaries which are a useful starting point and helpful for background information. These resources typically should not appear in your final draft.
Library Databases
There are online reference and periodical resources to which DeVry University subscribes. You may be familiar with some of these while others may be new to you.
Books
All of the Library's books are eBooks accessible online
Open Access
There are a growing number of online journals which are usually free to the reader. They are self-archiving and sometimes free of copyright and licensing restrictions (you still must cite them if you use them). Their costs are supported by publication fees paid by authors or are externally subsidized. The quality of open access publications varies considerably. Some are quite reputable while others are fronts for special interest groups.
Recommended Databases
- ABI/INFORM Global This link opens in a new window Covers business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and the competitive business landscape worldwide. In depth coverage to over 3,000 publications, including the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the present. Also includes profiles for 60,000+ companies and their executives. Search results include ebooks from eBrary
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Access to over 13,000 multi-disciplinary periodicals (more than 8,500 in full-text), including monographs, conference proceedings, reports, etc.
- SkillSoft Books This link opens in a new window Provides access to over 25,000 eBooks in the areas of engineering, business, finance, IT, government, and wellness
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window A collection of scholarly business journals dating back to 1886
- eBooks by EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window Provides access to over 20,000 eBooks on a wide variety of topics
Recommended Websites
- AHIMA Body of Knowledge The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals. Users can access most Journal of AHIMA articles published since 1968, conference proceedings, white papers, and some government publications at this web site
- American Hospital Directory The free search option for this directory of US hospital information includes data from the American Hospital Association's Annual Survey. Includes statistics and data on number and kind of beds, financial summaries, and inpatient and outpatient utilization statistics.
- Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights which enforces HIPAA, explains health information rights and responsibilities at this link
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Bookshelf The National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf of the National Library of Medicine provides free access to over 700 texts in life science and health care, authored and edited by medical professionals.
eBooks
These are a sampling of eBooks available from the library.
Austin and Boxerman's Information Systems for Healthcare Management by
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems--to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There's not a shred of evidence to support it. Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that for more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods--that is, long before the invention of coins or cash. It is in this era, Graeber argues, that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors. Graeber shows that arguments about debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates from Italy to China, as well as sparking innumerable insurrections. He also brilliantly demonstrates that the language of the ancient works of law and religionnbsp;(words like "guilt," "sin," and "redemption") derive in large part from ancient debates about debt, and shape even our most basic ideas of right and wrong. We are still fighting these battles today without knowing it. Debt: The First 5,000 Years is a fascinating chronicle of this little known history--as well as how it has defined human history, and what it means for the credit crisis of the present day and the future of our economy. From the Hardcover edition.
Call Number: eBooks by EBSCOISBN: 9781567932973Publication Date: 2008-08-01
Back to Basics by Call Number: Books 24x7ISBN: 9781567931402Publication Date: 2000-10-01
Dunn and Haimann's Healthcare Management by
Managing in a healthcare organization requires fine-tuned skills. Charged with "getting things done," managers are at the center of all the changes affecting healthcare delivery. Dunn and Haimanns Healthcare Management will help readers gain the skills they need to motivate their teams to meet increasing demands. The book uses the functions of management-planning, organizing, staffing, influencing, and controlling-as the primary framework for explaining the supervisor role. The details of each function are explained and illustrated with examples of common situations. The concept of authority is also weaved throughout the book. This new edition includes: # Additional material on ethics and ethical decision making # Additional contemporary management theory including the Parity Principle and Role Theory # Expanded coverage of hiring and managing a diverse workforce # Updated information about labor regulations, unions, and grievances # The supervisors role in regard to medical identity theft and e-discovery # New tools and templates, including a sample telecommuting agreement # Updated charts and figures and additional reading suggestions
Call Number: Books 24x7ISBN: 9781567933581Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Ethics in Health Administration by
Ethics in Health Administration: A Practical Approach for Decision Makers translates the principles and practice of ethics into usable information for application to the real world of health care administration. Fictional cases based on real world events help to emphasize chapter content and make it interesting for the learner.
Call Number: eBooks by EBSCOISBN: 9780763726522Publication Date: 2005-09-07
Introduction to the Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations, Sixth Edition by Call Number: Books 24x7ISBN: 9781567936698Publication Date: 2014-07-01
The Law of Healthcare Administration by Call Number: Books 24x7ISBN: 9781567936445Publication Date: 2015-01-01
The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization by
The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization continues its position as the most comprehensive resource on healthcare management This edition draws on the experiences of high-performing and Malcolm Baldrige Award-winning organizations. It describes the key drivers of success: # A culture of empowerment and responsive leadership that promotes teamwork among physicians, nurses, and other staff # A system for continuous improvement that emphasizes process analysis, negotiated goal setting, measurement, benchmarking, and rewards This edition also includes: # A new chapter on building a culture of shared values, empowerment, communication, and service excellence # A new chapter on the organizational infrastructure that sustains continuous improvement # Strategies for building clinical processes that delight not only physicians and nurses with effective protocols but also patients with responsive, individualized care # Best practices for various operational functions, including comprehensive performance measures and organizational models # Strategies for retaining and increasing the contribution of clinical and administrative staff # Reader-friendly aids, such as on-the-page definitions of terminology, synopses of chapter contents, and questions for reflection or discussion The first edition of The Well-Managed Healthcare Organizationwon the American College of Healthcare Executives James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award.
Call Number: Books 24x7ISBN: 9781567933574Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Other Resources
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window An eBook collection of 600+ high-quality, constantly updated reference books, dictionaries, encyclopedias and atlases.
- RefWorks This link opens in a new window A comprehensive reference management service for preparing bibliographies in APA and other citation styles. Use RefWorks to import and create citations, build lists of references, and integrate citations into your papers using the Write-n-Cite app.
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