Description

The new edition of Audiology: Practice Management provides a comprehensive overview of the most important topics for the successful operation of clinics and private practices. Practical guidelines help the reader master the technical, legal, and financial aspects of daily practice, from the fundamentals of HIPAA compliance, to infection control, to marketing strategies, to integrating quality control and quality improvement using the FOCUS-PDCA model. Leading professionals share their knowledge and expertise, providing the reader with recommendations for documentation, training and supervision, day-to-day accounting, managed care, and more.

Features:

• Numerous examples throughout the book aid comprehension of important concepts
• Chapter outlines rapidly acquaint reader with the topics to be discussed, offering a valuable context for reading and review
• Pearls, pitfalls, controversial points, and special considerations provide teaching points and useful recommendations

Audiology: Practice Management is one part of a three-volume series, which is completed by Audiology: Diagnosis and Audiology: Treatment. This book is an essential reference for audiology students and practicing audiologists, as well as for educators, and other health care practitioners participating in service delivery.

<b>Praise for this book:</b>This text is a wonderful update, which nicely addresses the changes in the field of audiology since the upgrading of the educational requirements to the doctorate level...The appendixes that are available for application to your own practice that are used in the marketing section of this text would be very useful to anyone who would be contemplating a marketing strategy or even simply reevaluating their current strategy...The value of the business applications section...is very informative, and again, tremendously useful appendixes are included for practitioners to be able to adapt and use as guidelines for their own customized rationale...this text is a practical reference for any practitioner who is either in a supervisory role or starting or even reevaluating a private practice.--Otology & Neurotology<b>Praise for the first edition:</b>A comprehensive view of clinical audiologic practice..well-balanced introduction to areas that graduate professional programs have traditionally ignored..The editors have succeeded at their task of conveying the information necessary for successful practice as an audiologist..an up-to-date resource. --Head & Neck