Strategic Practice Management Business Considerations for Audiologists and Other Healthcare Professionals

Extensively revised and updated, Strategic Practice Management: Business Considerations for Audiologists and Other Healthcare Professionals, Fourth Edition provides solid knowledge and methodology for clinical practice management. With step-by-step direction for professional success within a leadership framework, this text examines virtually all facets of the management of an audiology practice and provides readers with the tools to assess and improve their skills as an effective manager. With contributions from 20 experts in their fields, including 12 authors new to this edition, this resource thoroughly considers the many implications of running a business in audiology and expanding the skills necessary to be a better strategic manager. Comprehensively updated, the fourth edition contains 12 new chapters, including the new topics of human resources in the audiology practice, essential business principles for audiologists as clinical managers, effective incorporation of assistants in audiology practice, forensic audiology, and buying and selling audiology practices. New to the Fourth EditionNEW co-editor/co-author Brian TaylorForeword by Drs. H. Gustav Mueller and Jerry L. NorthernQR codes to related resources throughout the text12 NEW contributing authors:Amyn M. Amlani, Dennis A. Colucci, Alexander Evertz, Nick Fitzgerald, James W. Hall III, A. Nichole Kingham, Sarah Laughlin, Kevin M. Liebe, Scott Myatt, Michael D. Page, Brandon T. Pauley, and Michael Valente12 NEW chapters:Chapter 2. Legal Considerations in Practice ManagementChapter 5. Analysis of the Audiology PracticeChapter 6. Human Resources in the Audiology PracticeChapter 7. Essential Business Principles for Audiologists as Clinical ManagersChapter 10. The Effective Incorporation of Assistants in Audiology PracticeChapter 13. Fundamentals of Pricing Services and ProductsChapter 19. The Hearing Industry: Navigating Vendor RelationshipsChapter 21. Application of Teleaudiology in Practice ManagementChapter 22. Forensic AudiologyChapter 23. Ethics: The Risks We May Not SeeChapter 24. Administering a Medical School Audiology Practice: A Career RetrospectiveChapter 25. Buying and Selling Audiology Practices