Health Management

General Management Resources

For management resources of a general nature, see the management page created by Business Librarian Adele Barsh. The page includes both print and electronic resources.

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Reference Sources

Encyclopedia of health care management (2004)
REF-1 RA971 .E52 2004
Encyclopedia of Public Health (2002)
REF-1 RA423 .E53 2002 2002 VOL. 1-4
Handbook of Health Administration and Policy (1999)
REF-1 RA427 .H29 1999
Health and Healthcare in the United States: County and Metro Area Data (1999)
REF-1 HA214 .H43 1999
Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z (2000)
REF-1 RA395 .A3 R685 2000
Leadership Directories
This database includes 14 "Yellow Book" directories that function as a "who's who" of people in government, business, nonprofits, etc. Contact information is provided for individuals and agencies.
Report on the Status of Public Health in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1999)
REF-1 362.10973 R425

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Databases

InfoTrac Web (Carnegie Mellon users only)
General Business File provides citation and full text access to articles in business and economics. There is some overlap between InfoTrac Web and ProQuest Direct, but each one excels at coverage of selected industries and applied management topics. It is best to look in both databases when researching a topic.
LexisNexis Academic (Carnegie Mellon users only)
This database includes a medical section covering health news and a limited selection of health and medical journals. The primary strength of the database is providing access to legal information such as court decisions. Both federal and state courts are covered.

MEDLINE (Carnegie Mellon users only)
MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. It contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from over 3,900 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 foreign countries.

ProQuest Direct (Carnegie Mellon users only)
ProQuest provides access to ABI/Inform (a business database), scholarly and general periodicals in the social sciences, and major newspapers including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. This is a good source for searching general management issues. Many documents are available in full text.

Web of Science (Carnegie Mellon users only)
Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the literature of the sciences, social sciences and the arts & humanities. Users may choose to search across all the databases, or select just one. This unique database indexes and links cited references for each article. All formats provide complete bibliographic data and additional features, such as cited reference searching, links to related articles, plus author and publisher addresses. The Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present) covers 4,700 of the world's leading social science journals, either comprehensively or selectively, plus a limited number of monographic series. Documents indexed include articles, proceedings, editorials, letters, meeting reports, and book reviews.
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Internet Sites

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
This site contains sections on research findings, quality assessment, data & surveys, funding opportunities, etc.
American College of Healthcare Executives
ACHE is an international professional society of nearly 30,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems, and other healthcare organizations. ACHE is known for its credentialing and educational programs and its annual Congress on Healthcare Management. ACHE publishes the Journal of Healthcare Management, (see either the ProQuest Direct or General Business File ASAP database) and Healthcare Executive (see ProQuest), as well as research and career development and public policy programs.
American Medical Informatics Association
The American Medical Informatics Association is a nonprofit membership organization of individuals, institutions, and corporations dedicated to developing and using information technologies to improve health care.
American Public Health Association
APHA is concerned with a broad set of issues affecting personal and environmental health, including federal and state funding for health programs, pollution control, programs and policies related to chronic and infectious diseases, a smoke-free society, and professional education in public health. This site also provides links to state public health associations, the World Federation of Public Health Associations, and related health sites.
Center for Health Administration Studies - CHAS (University of Chicago)
CHAS conducts research for the improvement of health services delivery to vulnerable populations, particularly in urban settings. CHAS undertakes policy-relevant studies that advance knowledge about individuals, providers, and how they interact. The site includes information on health data, past CHAS publications, and current projects.
Health Information Privacy
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on major health care issues.
International Medical Informatics Association
World Health Organization

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