AAMA Executive Online Compendium

Compendium of AAMA Executive Online Articles and Book Reviews

This Compendium includes all peer-reviewed articles and book reviews which appeared in AAMA Executive Online in since January of 2008. Click the link following each title to access the article/book review in its entirety. 

Healthcare Articles

Healthcare Contingency Planning

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21: Public Health and Medical Preparedness by Richard M. Guzman, CAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, January/February 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/accp.php?issue=aamaeo20070108#Feature%20Article

Quality Concerns: Standards of Care During Emergency Responses byKeith Reed, RN, MPH and A. Al-Assaf, MD, FAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, January/February 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-01-08/8.html

HIPAA Privacy Rule in Emergency Preparedness Planning by LCDR Philip D. Polen, MSC, USN, CAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, January/ February 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-01-05/11.html

Federal Healthcare

Changes and Redesign of the Veterans Healthcare System by Tina Davis, MBA, RHIA, CCRP, AAMA Executive Online, January/February 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-01-08/9.html

Prominence in Action: Medical Service Corps (MSC) Officers as Force Multipliers by Col Douglas “QuillDog” Anderson, AAMA Executive Online, May/June 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/acfha.php?issue=aamaeo20080505#Featurearticle

Reversing TRICARE Reimbursement Reductions in Alaska by Lt Col Brent A. Epling, MSC, USAF, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-09-08/11.html

Warrior Care and Transition by Robert E. Moore, Jr., AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/acfha.php?issue=aamaeo20080310#WarriorCare,

Timor-Leste National Hospital Consulting Project, Pacific Partnership 2008: "Leaving an Imprint” by LCDR Cheryl C. Ringer, MSC, USN, PhD, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-09-07/3.html

 

Health Plan Management

Redefining the Health Plan-BPO Vendor Relationship: Market Changes Demand New Approaches by Scott McLeod, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-09-08/9.html

Telehealth: Considerations for Effective Program Planning by Rich Masannat, MSC, USN, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/acmca.php?issue=aamaeo20080908

Telehealth: Where Will it Be in the 21st Century? by Karen Taylor, RN, BSN, CNOR, AAMA Executive Online, July/August 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-07-07/8.html

The Change We Need in Managed Care Contracts by Captain Tonya N. Brown, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/acmca.php?issue=aamaeo20081110#article

The Virtual Health Plan—When Going Virtual Makes Sense by Stanley A. Glassman, FACHE, AAMA Executive Online, January/February 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-01-08/10.html

Equitable Clinic Overhead Allocations in Academia Applicable to Private Practice, As Well by Leslie R. Jebson, MHA, CMPE, FACHE and Meghan O’Quinn, BS, AAMA Executive Online, May/June 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-05-04/2.html

Healthcare Information Administration

From Personal Health Records to Healthcare Portals—Meeting Consumers on Their Terms by Lauren Schwartz, AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-03-10/9.html

Hospital Management 

Hospital Care Provided to Various Patient Cultures and Ethnicities by Tina Anthony, RNC, BSN, AAMA Executive Online, July/August 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-07-06/3.html

Lowering the ALOS in an Urban Hospital: An Analysis of the Unit-Based Case Management Model as an Effective Utilization Management System by LTJG Ali Ray Assaf, USN, MSC, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-09-07/4.html

Human Resources/ Personnel Management

Culturally Competent Healthcare Organizations: Six HUMANE Steps by CDR Cynthia Chargois Granby, PhD, FAAMA and CDR Phillip E. Jackson, PhD, DSL, FACHE, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-11-10/11.html

Personality Assessments are Underutilized in Healthcare bySandra K. Collins, MBA; Kevin S. Collins, MS Ed, RT(R)(T), CMD; and Richard C. McKinnies, MS Ed, RT(R)(T), AAMA Executive Online, July/August 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-07-07/9.html

Physicians’ Perception of Clinical Doctorates in Physical and Occupational Therapy by Diane L. Smith, PhD, OTR/L and Stephen J. Notaro, PhD, AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-03-10/10.html

Using Learning Theories as a Catalyst to Aging Employee Training by Sandra K. Collins, MBA and Kevin S. Collins, MS Ed, RT(R)(T),CMD, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/jom.php?issue=aamaeo20080908#Featurearticle

The Generational Battlefront of the Nursing Workforce byPauline Cobbler, BSN, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-11-09/1.html

Leadership / Management

Introducing a Complexity Perspective of Organization, Leadership, and Strategy into a Traditional Linear Command and Control Environment by Rich Lundy, MBA, RRT, FACCA, AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-03-10/11.html

Managing Multidisciplinary Teams by Adam Stark, MA, and Deryl Gulliford, MHA, FAAMA, JD-H, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-11-10/13.html

Taking Care of Business: How To Build Influence with Clients and Colleagues by Cathy Newton, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-09-08/10.html

Randolph Pohlman, PhD, on How To Create Value in Your Organizationby D. Elizabeth Poteet, MS, PCC, LMHC, AAMA Executive Online, January/ February 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-01-05/10.html

Application of 5S Approach to Healthcare Quality by Mendbayar Nyamsuren, MD, MHA, AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-03-02/2.html

Emotional Intelligence: A Characteristic of Effective Leaders in the Healthcare Industry by Sandra K. Collins, MBA and Richard C. McKinnies, MsEd, RT (R)(T), AAMA Executive Online, May/June 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-05-04/3.html

Selected Readings for Use in a Foundations of Leadership Course by Gerald A. Strand, PhD, FAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-11-09/3.html

Current Healthcare Administration Hot Topics

Counterfeit Medicine in America’s Drug Supply by Bailey M. Foster, JD and R. Robyn Assaf, JD, AAMA Executive Online, July/August 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-07-07/10.html

Major Compensation Changes Under Medicare by Ryan S. Johnson and Katherine J. Douglas, AAMA Executive Online, May/June 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-05-05/12.html

Should the U.S. Try Universal Healthcare? by Maj Cadina C. Powell, USAF, MSC, CAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/acmca.php?issue=aamaeo20080310

Who Owns Your Medical Records and Who Can Access Them? by John Stratton, MBA, JD and R. Robyn Assaf, BBA, JD, AAMA Executive Online, May/June 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-05-05/13.html

Forced Medication and Personal Autonomy by Scott B. Hawkins; R. Robyn Assaf, JD; and A.F. Al-Assaf, MD, FAAMA; AAMA Executive Online, May/June 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-05-04/4.html

To the Ends of the Earth: A Healthcare Administrator’s Experience with Medical Humanitarian Aid by Byron Y. Owens, MA, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-09-07/2.html

Cardiovascular Administration

Can You Be a Healthcare Consultant? A Case Study on How To Become Your Facility’s Cardiology Consultant by Phil G. Regas BSRT, CFAAMA, FSICP, RCIS, RRT, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-11-10/12.html

The Role of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) in the Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Service Line by Becky A. Pritchett, RN, MS, FNP-C and Tammi M. Backer, RN, MS, FNP-C, CCRN, AAMA Executive Online, January/ February 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-01-05/12.html

New Medicare Payment Structure Reforms: What Is the Effect on Profitability of Drug-Eluting Stent Procedures? by Tom Meskan; Angelica Oyugi, RHIA; Deb Lorenz; and Wanda Perry, RN, BSN, MHSA; AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-03-02/3.html

Utilization of Lean Principles in the Development of a Multi-Departmental Cardiovascular Clinic by Thomas Draper, MBA; Kristen Virgin, BS; Carole McGillen, MS, RN; Linda Larin, MBA, FACCA; and Ruste Wilke, RN, MSN; AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-03-02/4.html

Cardiac Care Teams: A Collaborative Practice Model with Non-Physician Providers by Magdeline Aagard, MBA, EdD, RN and Ronald N. Riner, MD, FACC, AAMA Executive Online, July/August 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-07-06/4.html

Finishing Touches: Opening a New Heart Institute by Daniel J. diGiorgio, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-11-09/2.html

Book Reviews

Human Resources/ Personnel Management

Collaborate for Success! Breakthrough Strategies for Engaging Physicians, Nurses, and Hospital Executives by Kenneth H. Conn
Reviewed by LCDR Douglas E. Stephens, MSC, USN, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, January/February 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-01-08/12.html

Merritt, Hawkins & Associates Guide to Physician Recruiting by James Merritt, Joseph Hawkins, and Phillip Miller
Reviewed by Vanessa Glass, AAMA Executive Online, January/February 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-01-08/11.html

Take Back Time: Bringing Time Management to Medicine by Judy Capko
Reviewed by Lt Col Brent A. Epling, USAF, MSC, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, January/ February 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-01-05/13.html

Better Communication for Better Care: Mastering Physician-Administrator Collaboration by Kenneth H. Cohn, MD
Reviewed by Lt Col John R. Kirk, USAF, MSC, PhD, CFAAMA, FACCP, AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-03-02/5.html

Healthcare Information Administration

Information Technology Project Management, Fifth Edition by Kathy Schwalbe, PhD, PMP
Reviewed by Jeffrey L. Marcum, CAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-03-10/12.html

Leadership/ General Management

Contented Cows Moove Faster: How Good Leaders Get People to Put More Oomph! into Their Work by Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden
Reviewed by Brent A. Epling, Lt Col, MSC, USAF, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-03-10/13.html

Corporate Legends and Lore: The Power of Storytelling as a Management Tool by Peg C. Neuhauser
Reviewed by Rachel H. Lefebvre, MBA, MSHA, AAMA Executive Online, May/June 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-05-05/16.html

The Excellent Board II edited by Karen Gardner
Reviewed by Deryl Gulliford, MHA, FAAMA, JD-H, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-11-10/15.html

The Toyota Way to Healthcare Excellence: Increase Efficiency and Improve Quality with Lean  by John Black with David Miller
Reviewed by Lt Col Brent A. Epling, USAF, MSC, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-11-10/14.html

Think Smart - Act Smart: Avoiding the Business Mistakes That Even Intelligent People Make by Jim Nightingale
Reviewed by T. Bruce McFarland, MBA, MHA, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, July/August 2008 
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-07-07/11.html

Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, MD
Reviewed by Renee S. Schleicher, CAE. AAMA Executive Online, July/August 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-07-07/12.html

What Top-Performing Healthcare Organizations Know: 7 Proven Steps for Accelerating and Achieving Change by Greg Butler and Chip Caldwell
Reviewed by LCDR Patricia A. Marshall, USN, MSC, MBA, CAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, May/June 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-05-04/5.html

Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber
Reviewed by Charles Benninger, MHA, CAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-09-07/5.html

Managing Transitions, Second Edition: Making the Most of Change by William Bridges
Reviewed by LCDR Reginald C. Brown, USN, MSC, MsEd, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-11-09/4.html

Hospital Management

Gold Standard Management: The Key to High-Performance Hospitals by V. Clayton Sherman with Stephanie G. Sherman
Reviewed by Lt Col John R. Kirk, USAF, PhD, CFAAMA, FACCP, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-09-08/13.html

Hospital Management: New Initiatives/Dimensions by Michael Vimal Pillai
Reviewed by Al F. Al-Assaf, MD, FAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-09-08/12.html

Reinventing the Patient Experience: Strategies for Hospital Leaders by Jon B. Christianson, PhD; Michael D. Finch, PhD; Christine Goertz Choate, DC, PhD; Barbara Findlay, RN; and Wayne B. Jonas, MD
Reviewed by Frank Ward, EdD, AAMA Executive Online, May/April 2008
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2008-05-05/15.html

Creating Sustainable Physician-Hospital Strategies by Jay C. Warden
Reviewed by Tina R. Brinton, AAMA Executive Online, July/August 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-07-06/5.html

Leadership Lessons for Your Organization and Your Career

Journey to the C Suite

Journey to the C Suite: Focus on Thomas Driskill, Jr., CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, January/ February 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-01-05/6.html
Journey to the C Suite: Focus on Mandy Goble, FAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-03-02/8.html

Journey to the C Suite: Focus on Randy L. Lindauer, PhD, CFAAMA, FACHE, AAMA Executive Online, May/June 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-05-04/7.html

Journey to the C Suite: Focus on Alan J. Burgess, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, July/August 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-07-06/7.html

Journey to the C Suite: Focus on Rick Mace, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-09-07/6.html

Journey to the C Suite: Focus on A. Adolphe Edward, Colonel, USAF, DrHA, CFAAMA, AAMA Executive Online, November/December 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-11-09/5.html

Career Development

Effective Interviewing to Find the Right Person for the Job by Eve Cohen, AAMA Executive Online, March/April 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-03-02/9.html

Back to School: The Value of Continuing Education for Career Advancement by Ross Swanson, RN, MSN, AAMA Executive Online, May/June 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-05-04/8.html

Making the Best First Impression: Tips for a Stand-Out Resume by Jessica Bricker, AAMA Executive Online, July/August 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-07-06/8.html

Making the Best First Impression: Tips for a Knock-Out Interview by Kevin Miracle, AAMA Executive Online, September/October 2009
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aamaeo/issues/2009-09-07/7.html