Getting StartedHealth Care Management Research Guide
Research tips: Health Care is a complex, but FUN, research area. But with these steps you can be more successful…
- Start by writing down your research question and underline key concepts.
- Think of synonyms and alternate terms for each of the main concepts
- Think broader, or narrower, depending on results of initial searches
- Consult a medical dictionary or index, if available, to narrow and focus the search
Example topic: Is family stress a predictor of health outcomes?
Sample searches:
"family stress" AND health
"family relations" AND disease*
Articles and Databases
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Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers
- You can find magazines in the campus libraries by searching the Journal Search or the Library Catalog.
- Search the Journal Search for additional electronic versions of magazines, journals, and newspapers.
Examples of magazines that you may find:
- Modern Healthcare
Subject Headings and Keyword Examples
What are subject headings for?
Management, Health Care Administration, Hospitals, Long Term Care, Nursing, Allied Health, Public Health, Quality Assurance, Managed Care Integrated Delivery Systems, Healthcare Administration, Capitation, Accreditation, Operations Management, Personnel, Human Resource Management. Computer Information Systems, Medicare, Medicaid, Patients, Physicians, Nurses, Biodata, Informatics
Books and Ebooks
Search Tips:
- Browse the 610 area of your library collection.
- Log in to ebooks with the same information you use to log into your school email.
Examples of ebooks you'll find in the Library Catalog:
- Boylan, M. (2004). Public health policy and ethics. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Ehrenpreis, S., Ehrenpreis, E. (2001). Clinician's handbook of prescription drugs. New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Hanson, C. (2006). Healthcare informatics. New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Harris, M. & Taylor, G. (2004). Medical statistics made easy. London: Martin Dunitz. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Hutchinson trends in science. (2004). Abingdon, Oxon: Helicon. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Jonsen, A. R. & Winslade, W. J. (2006). Clinical ethics: a practical approach to ethical decisions in clinical medicine. Array New York: McGraw Hill, Medical Pub. Division. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Layman, D. P. (2006). Medical terminology demystified. New York: McGraw-Hill. Retrieved Novemeber 19, 2008 from NetLibrary.
- Osler, W. (n.d.). The evolution of modern medicine. Champaign, Ill.: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Wickramasinghe, N. (2005). Creating knowledge-based healthcare organizations. Hershey PA: Idea Group Pub. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Health and medicine: challenges for the chemical sciences in the 21st century. (2004). Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
Websites
We recommend websites such as:
- GU/MSB Health Care Management Blog - http://msbhcmblog.blogspot.com/
- National Institute of Health http://www.nih.gov
- World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/en/
- MedlinePlus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
- MORE! Take a look at the GEN Library's Delicious Links for health care management topics
Or search the recommended links for all topics:
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Professional Organizations
- American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management http://www.aaham.org
- American College of Healthcare Executives http://www.ache.org
- American Health Care Association http://www.ahca.org
- MORE! Take a look at GEN Library's Delicious Links for health care management professional associations and organizations
Ask a Librarian
We can help with any part of the research process.
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