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Best Healthcare Books To Read

There are countless Healthcare courses, tutorials, articles available online, but for some, having a book is still a necessity to learn. This is an up-to-date list of recommended books.

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back (2018)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadSiddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene  At a moment of drastic political upheaval, An American Sickness is a shocking investigation into our dysfunctional healthcare system – and offers practical solutions to its myriad problems. In these troubled times, perhaps no institution has unraveled more quickly and more completely than American medicine.
Author(s): Elisabeth Rosenthal

The Health Care Handbook: A Clear & Concise Guide to the United States Health Care System (2014)

 Best Healthcare Books To Read“An astonishingly clear ‘user’s manual’ that explains our health care system and the policies that will change it.” Pauline Chen, MD – The New York Times The 2nd edition of the best-selling practical, neutral, and readable overview of the US health care system is now available.
Author(s): Askin , Elisabeth , Nathan Moore , et al.

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice 3rd edition (2014)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadDevelop the skills and knowledge you need to make evidence based practice an integral part of your clinical decision making and everyday nursing practice with . Written in a friendly, conversational style, this Third Edition of the authors’ gold standard textbook covers all the information you need to use evidence based practice to improve patient outcomes.
Author(s): Melnyk PhD RN CPNP/NPP FAAN, Bernadette, Fineout-Overholt PhD RN FNAP FAAN, Ellen

America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System (2015)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadAmerica’s Bitter Pill is Steven Brill’s acclaimed book on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing—and failing to change—the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry.
Author(s): Steven Brill

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy for Healthcare (featuring articles by Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee, MD) (2018)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadIs your healthcare organization spending too much time on strategy–with too little to show for it?If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles.
Author(s): Harvard Business Review , Michael E. Porter, et al.

Hacking Healthcare: A Guide to Standards, Workflows, and Meaningful Use (2011)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadReady to take your IT skills to the healthcare industry? This concise book provides a candid assessment of the US healthcare system as it ramps up its use of electronic health records (EHRs) and other forms of IT to comply with the government’s Meaningful Use requirements.
Author(s): Fred Trotter, David Uhlman

Using the Electronic Health Record in the Healthcare Provider Practice by Eichenwald Maki, Shirley, Petterson, Bonnie [Cengage Learning,2007] [Paperback] ()

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadUsing the Electronic Health Record in the Healthcare Provider Practice by Eic
Author(s): Eichenwald Maki

An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers: Communication and Culture, Fourth Edition (English and Spanish Edition) (2012)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadNow in its fourth edition, this widely used textbook is designed for students with little or no formal background in Spanish. Using DVD videos, readings, exercises, and activities such as role play and improvisation, it introduces the grammar structures and specialized medical vocabulary and colloquial terms that nurses, doctors, dentists, and allied health professionals need to communicate effectively with the growing Spanish-speaking population.
Author(s): Robert O. Chase, Medina de Chase, Clarisa B.

Masterpieces in Health Care Leadership: Cases and Analysis for Best Practices by Vince Pelote (2007-04-10) (1656)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadWill be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.
Author(s): Vince Pelote; Lynne Route

Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach (2017)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadDelivering Health Care in America, Seventh Edition is the most current and comprehensive overview of the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system from its historical origins and resources, to its individual services, cost, and quality.
Author(s): Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh

Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach (2014)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadDelivering Health Care in America, Enhanced Sixth Edition Includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access, is the most current and comprehensive overview of the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system–from its historical origins and resources, to its individual services, cost, and quality.
Author(s): Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh

Understanding Value Based Healthcare (2015)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadUnderstanding Value-Based Healthcare is a succinct, interestingly written primer on the core issues involved in maximizing the efficacy and outcomes of medical care when cost is a factor in the decision-making process. Written by internationally recognized experts on value-based healthcare, this timely book delivers practical and clinically focused guidance on one of the most debated topics in medicine and medicine administration today.
Author(s): Christopher Moriates , Vineet Arora , et al.

The Healing of America: A Health Care (2010)

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadBringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear, engaging way, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid visits industrialized democracies around the world–France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and beyond–to provide a revelatory tour of successful, affordable universal health care systems.
Author(s): T. R. Reid

Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician and HIT Pro Certifications 1st Edition by McCormick, Kathleen, Gugerty, Brian (2012) Paperback ()

 Best Healthcare Books To ReadPaperback Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (1707) ASIN: B011DCCJNE Shipping Information: View shipping rates and policies Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars 45 customer reviews Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,349,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?
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Best Healthcare Books to Read

We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some healthcare books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.

Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management

Author(s): Nilmini Wickramasinghe
ID: 3366976, Publisher: IGI GLOBAL, Year: 2p15, Size: 29 Mb, Format: pdf

The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Understanding Healthcare Reform

Author(s): Lita Epstein
ID: 3397702, Publisher: DK Publishing, Year: 2025, Size: 78 Kb, Format: epub

Deep Learning for Healthcare Decision Making

Author(s): Vishal Jain, Jyotir Moy Chatterjee, Ishaani Priyadarshini, Fadi Al-Turjman
ID: 3424578, Publisher: River Publishers, Year: 2023, Size: 30 Mb, Format: pdf

Please note that this booklist is not definite. Some books are really best-sellers according to The Wall Street Journal, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.

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