
Hospital Management Strategies: Navigating The Challenges Of Modern Healthcare
By Paula Cristina De Almeida MarquesLength7h 3m
About this audiobook
This book examines the transformation of hospital administration, with a particular focus on the transition to New Public Management and its impact on healthcare systems. It explores innovative strategies and practices that drive excellence, tracing the evolution from early public management models to the post-crisis adaptations following 2008, supported by concrete examples and case studies. Emphasising both current challenges and future opportunities, the book analyses Portuguese hospital governance, reform strategies and emerging trends. Adopting a holistic perspective, it serves as a valuable resource for hospital administrators, healthcare professionals and students — offering insight, guidance and inspiration to navigate the complex realities of healthcare management with confidence and innovation.
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GenreChildren's Literature, Psychology
Length7 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 26, 2025
LanguagePortuguese
Table of contents
1PART ONE: PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
2I. New Public Management: Theoretical Framework and Practical Experiences
31 Statement of Public Management Models
42. Characterising the New Public Management
53. Implementation Strategy for the New Public Management
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64. Practical experiences
75. The 2008 crisis and the New Public Management
8II. Evolution of the Public Manager's Profile: Leadership as a Decisive Factor
91. Public versus private management
102. Public manager models
113. Functional Content of Public Management
124. New Public Management
135. Current vision
14III. Public Management Training: The Importance of Advanced Management
151. The Study and Teaching of Public Administration in the United States
162. Public Administration Education in Continental Europe
173. Studying and Teaching Public Administration in Portugal
18As Silva and Amaro (2018) point out, "Portugal has developed public administration study and teaching programmes that combine theory and practice, preparing students for the complex challenges faced by the public sector in the 21st century".
194. Advanced training
20IV. Normative Framework of the New Public Management
211. First phase of New Public Management: 2002-2004
222. Second Phase of the Reform: 2005 - 2010
233. Second Phase of the Reform: 2011 - 2015
24PART TWO: PUBLIC MANAGEMENT TOOLS
25V. Organisational Climate and Culture
261. Concept of organisational culture
272. Organisational Climate
28VI. Competence Management and Training Plan
291. Concept and types of competences
302. Competence-based management
313. Competences and Training Plan
324. Training Plan
33VII. Quality Barometer
341. introduction
352. Concept of Quality Applied to Health
363. Quality Management
374. Quality Standards and Quality Systems
385. Models of Excellence
396. Quality in Health in Portugal
407. Quality Barometer
41VIII. Benchmarking
421. Benchmarking Hospitals
432. Benchmarking objectives
443. Methodological Approach
454. Groups and Institutions
46IX. Performance evaluation
471. introduction
482. SIADAP's legal framework
493. SIADAP's objectives
504. Types of Evaluation