Healthcare Leadership in Times of Crisis

Dennis W. Tafoya (Ph.D., the University of Michigan, M.S., the University of Pennsylvania) has more than 30 years of academic and business experience across a variety of fields. He is President of CompCite Inc., an international research and development firm that focuses on factors affecting individual, group, and organizational performance. He has authored patents, numerous articles, and books related to organizational and systems theory. Lindsey Poeth (B.A., Economics University of Rochester) is a Certified Senior Advisor and Owner of Oasis Senior Advisors Mainline. Lindsey has 20 years of experience covering health care, consumer package goods, and electronics industries, with a major focus on pharmaceutical market research. Lindsey uses her expertise in the senior healthcare lifestyle issues to help families navigate the available care options.

Chapter 1-The book's scope and approach.- Chapter 2-The Dynamic Make-up of Healthcare Delivery Threatened by Troublesome Events and/or Crises.- Chapter 3-From Events to Crises, Catastrophes and Disaster:Before the Collapse.- Chapter 4-Products, Outcomes and Impacts of Events, Crises, Catastrophes and Disasters.- Chapter 5-Management and Containment as Problem Solving Change Strategies.- Chapter 6 -Challenges at the Top: Performance Standards for Executives, Boards and Advisors.- Chapter 7-Marshalling the Change Needed for Crisis Containment and the Post-Crisis Period.