Healthcare Industry (PEMBA/Healthcare Leadership)

Journals, Books and News
 

Accessing EJournals

Many articles are available online through the UT Libraries databases. If you are doing research on a specific topic use the databases listed in this guide, or  select from the list of  SUBJECT DATABASES. 

If you already have article citations and want to find the full-text, here are two quick ways to get online access.

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Google Scholar

To search for known articles, use Google Scholar 

through the UT Libraries Home or Databases pages.  If you know the title of the article, place it in quotes in the search box and click "search."

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Citation Linker

If you have the article citation, use the CITATION LINKER to locate the full text article in a UT Libraries database.  Click on the embedded link.  Enter the citation into the appropriate fields and click "Go." A window will pop up with the option to click to go to the full text of the article if available.

 

Chat with the Libary

Check this out if you experience accessing problems.

 

Suggested Journal or Magazine Titles

• Academic Medicine

  There are some free articles available to download. If the article requires to purchase, please send a request to our Inter-Library Services so we can get a copy from other universities for you free.

• Chatbook of Statistics

• Frontiers of Health Services Management

• Healthcare Financing Review

• Hospital & health services administration

• Hospital and Health Administration Index

• Hospitals and Health Networks (formerly Hospitals)

• JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association

• JAMA Network Open

• Journal of Health Care Finance (formerly Topics in Health Care Financing)

• Journal of Healthcare Management (formerly Hospital and Health Services Administration)

• Marketing Health Services

• Modern Healthcare

• Modern Physician

• Tennessee Department of Health

 

How to find books?

To locate books on a topic, you can try the searching below:

John Hodges Library's Library Catalog: Searching by author, title, keyword, subject, etc., you will find call number, location, and the status of a book in UTK library System.

Word Search - To find books in Hodges Library, type relevant word(s) or type in title(s). Click on "Search"

Subject Search - The catalog can be searched using the following subject headings:
- Biotechnology
- Delivery of Health Care
- Health Economics
- Health Planning
- Health Services Administration
- Health Services -- Organization & Administration
- Hospital
- Medical Care
- Medical Policy
- Pharmaceutical

Resource Sharing (formerly Inter-Library Loan): If Hodges Library does not have a book title that you want, you may find it from other libraries (members of ASEL) using WorldCat.org.  To get a copy, you can fill out an online inter-library loan request form and the book will be delivered to you if you are distance students.

Suggested Reference Books in Health Care Industry

• AHA Hospital Statistics

  Call Number: RA 981.A2.A54

  ISBN: 9780872588929

• American Health by New Strategist Publications (Editor)

  Call Number: Electronic Resources

  ISBN: 9781935114819

  Publication Date: 2010-06-01

• Health Care State Rankings 2010 by Scott Morgan (Editor)

  Call Number: RA 407.3.H423 2010

  ISBN: 9781604266177

  Publication Date: 2010-03-24

  The latest copy of this title at Hodges is 2010 edition. You can also check out the following site to get the current year data from a non-profit organization's research.
  http://www.americashealthrankings.org/

• Health Information Management by Margaret A. Skurka (Editor)

  Call Number: Electronic Resources

  ISBN: 9780787959777

  Publication Date: 2003-01-31

  This is the fifth edition of the definitive reference source on the management of health records. Health Information Management provides the basic guidelines on content and structure, analysis, assessment, and improvement of information critical to every health care organization. This thoroughly revised and updated edition reflects the significant changes in the field and the most current and successful practices most notably, the computerization of record operations and systems, and of the record itself.

• Health, United States by US Dept of Health and Human Services

  Call Number: RA 445.A333

  The latest health statistics is on CDC site. You can click on this title to access the government site.

• Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac (e-Book) by Jack W. Plunkett (Editor)

  Call Number: Electronic Resources

  Publication Date: 2012-11-07 +

  The only complete market research guide to the health care industryOCofor strategic planning, competitive intelligence, employment searches or financial research. Covers health expenditures, technologies, patient populations, research, Medicare, Medicaid and managed care. Contains trends, statistical tables and a glossary. Features in-depth profiles of the 500 major health care industry firms."

Medical Databases at Hodges Library

• CINAHL Complete 

  A comprehensive database for the literature of nursing and of allied health.

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• Micromedex

  Clinical drug information resources, including diseases, labs, toxicology, and patient education. Access provided by UT Health Science Center.

• PubMed 

  Essential database for biomedicine. Includes citations from MEDLINE and for biomedical articles in life science journals. A product of the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

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• UpToDate

  An evidence-based medicine (EBM) tool that assists healthcare providers with point-of-care decisions.
  Access provide by UT Medical Center.