Negotiating the Crisis : Drgs and the Transformation of Hospitals

ISBN-13: 9780805804584 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 216 str.

Patricia Geist;Geist

Opis

In 1984, Congress revamped Medicare to save a financially distraught healthcare system, thus transforming the hospital as an organization. This volume looks at the repercussions of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) - the cornerstone of the reorganization - and the problems created by the policy.

Recenzje

"...an important work of scholarship....an excellent case study for advanced classes in organizational communication and health communication. Given its strong rhetorical foundations, rhetoricians may find it valuable as a demonstration of rhetoric embedded in organizational life."
—Communication Quarterly

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Communicating Hospital Order. DRGs: A Revolution in the Financing of Health Care. The Primary Players Negotiating DRG Information. Negotiating Organizational Ideologies. Negotiating Work Roles and Responsibilities. Negotiating Control Relationships in Contested Terrain. Permanence and Change in the Aftermath of DRGs. Researching Hospitals Interpretively. Appendix: Researching Hospitals Interpretively.

O autorze

Geist, Patricia; Hardesty, Monica