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A sample of the online journals available in Health Business and Administration include:

• BMJ Open Quality
• Frontiers of Health Services Management
• Health Care Management Review
• Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
• Journal of Healthcare Management
• Journal of Patient Safety

To locate all online journals available to you, search your local library.

There are many online books on the subject of Health Business and Administration via Skillsoft Books (formerly Books 24x7). Skillsoft Books can be accessed directly at https://valo.skillport.com/skillportfe/login.action or via TMS. Some notable titles are:

• 7 Principles of Transformational Leadership : Create a Mindset of Passion, Innovation, and Growth
• Dealing with the Tough Stuff: How to Achieve Results from Crucial Conversations
• Human Resources in Healthcare : Managing for Success - ACHE
• Introduction to the Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations - ACHE
• Lean Healthcare Dictionary : an Illustrated Guide to Using the Language of Lean Management in Healthcare
• Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People; First Things First; and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
• The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization- ACHE

Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals- Jay Arthur
Publication Date: 2016

Optimizing Patient Flow- Eugene Litvak
Publication Date: 2018 (Available on the Intranet Only).

Performance Improvement for Healthcare- Bahadir Inozu
Publication Date: 2012

To locate all online books available to you, search your local library.

• AORN Accreditation Assistant for Joint Commission Standards*

  This tool aligns Joint Commission standards with the AORN Guidelines of Ambulatory, Critical Access Hospital, Hospital, Office-Based Surgery, and Sterile Processing.
  For remote access: Create an account by clicking on Login at the top right of page and then Login or Create an Account

• HeinOnline

  HeinOnline is a legal research collection that features full-text searching of laws and regulations, case law, treaties and agreements, scholarly legal and criminal justice periodicals, and related materials.

• Joint Commission E-dition

  Joint Commission E-dition provides all standards and requirements for Joint Commission accreditation and certification programs.
  No remote access - Available only on the VA network

• PubMed

  PubMed provides over 33 million citations for biomedical literature, including MEDLINE, life science journals and ebooks.

Please check with your local library for additional databases in your subject area.

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