An Insider's Guide to Working with Healthcare Consultants
eBook - ePub

An Insider's Guide to Working with Healthcare Consultants

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

An Insider's Guide to Working with Healthcare Consultants

About this book

Hiring a consulting firm can be a daunting prospect. Do you really need consultants? If you do, how do you know you are getting the best value for your money? An Insider's Guide to Working with Healthcare Consultants: How to Achieve Exceptional Results answers those questions. With his dual perspective as a hospital CEO and a healthcare consultant, author Andrew C. Agwunobi is uniquely qualified to help hospital leaders become masters of the successful consulting engagement. He explains: When—and whether—to hire consultantsHow to choose the right consultantsHow to negotiate the right priceHow to lead an engagement to the desired conclusionHow to sustain improvements This insider's guide includes tips from 40 leading consultants to help clients establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships. Real-world case studies illustrate common business problems and solutions, and a checklist at the end of each chapter emphasizes key considerations. Nearly every major project begins with a mission-critical decision: Hire outside professionals or depend on internal resources? Armed with this book's insights, healthcare leaders can make that decision with confidence and avoid costly mistakes.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1. The Value of this Book
  10. Chapter 2. When to Hire Consultants
  11. Chapter 3. How to Select the Right Consultants
  12. Chapter 4. What Consultants Do: Advisory Versus Implementation Firms
  13. Chapter 5. Who Does What and Why
  14. Chapter 6. Setting the Price
  15. Chapter 7. Controlling Travel Expenses
  16. Chapter 8. Communicating the Engagement
  17. Chapter 9. Launching the Engagement
  18. Chapter 10. Managing the Engagement
  19. Chapter 11. Causes of Failed Engagements
  20. Chapter 12. Monitoring Success
  21. Chapter 13. Ensuring Sustainability
  22. About the Author