Sustainability for healthcare management
Subtitle: a leadership imperative
By: Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton, Seema S. Wadhwa
Contributors: Singleton, J. Knox; Wadhwa, Seema S.
Publisher: Routledge/Earthscan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780415530354; 9780415530361; 9780203074893
Subjects: Conservation of Natural Resources; Environmental Health; Economics; Organizational Decision Making; Organization & administration; Delivery of Health Care
Description: "Sustainability is not unique to health, but is a unique vehicle for promoting healthy values. This book focuses readers on upstream decision-making in the healthcare delivery setting to think through the implications of our decisions from fiscal, societal and environmental perspectives. It aims to link health values with sustainability drivers in order to enlighten leadership about the value of sustainability as we move toward a new paradigm of health. Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton, and Seema Wadhwa explore leadership priorities, linking them to sustainability, through an imaginary health leader, Fred, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Memorial Hospital, a community hospital based in the United States. Each chapter frames a leadership priority through a storyline that involves the main character. Practical applications featuring evidence-based sustainability accomplishments and the coordinating reflections of renowned healthcare leaders are woven throughout the book. Every chapter includes leadership tools, illustrations and tables with tips and data to make an evidence-based case in support of health sustainability. The book includes a healthcare sustainability syllabus as well as suggested reading and teaching resources. Bringing together the key components and concepts of environmentally sustainable healthcare operations, this book will be of great importance to researchers, students and professionals working in health and healthcare management."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hippocrates was right; title: From governance to operations; title: Saluting the captain of the ship; title: Waste not want not; title: The long and winding road (leads me home); title: Good-bye fried chicken, hello healthy, sustainable food; title: Through the looking glass; title: Before a baby's first breath; title: Quality + environmentally preferable purchasing; title: Building brand, literally; title: Community benefit and water management; title: Environmental ethics in healthcare management.