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Publishers: Wiley THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONSThe book 'The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations' aims to provide a structured strategic management approach is what's needed to tackle the revolutionary change the healthcare system has been experiencing. Today, healthcare organizations have almost universally embraced the strategic perspective first developed in the business sector and now have developed strategic management processes that are uniquely their own. Healthcare leaders have found that strategic thinking, planning and managing strategic momentum are essential for coping with the dynamics of the healthcare industry. Strategic management has become the single clearest manifestation of effective leadership of healthcare organizations. It is a multiauthored and multidisciplinary integrated book on the subject.The 7th edition of this leading text has been revised and updated to include a greater focus on the global analysis of industry and competition and analysis of the internal environment.The book deliberates on all aspects of strategic planning, analysis of the health services environment (both internal and external) and lessons on implementation. It also looks at organizational capability, sustainability, CSR and the sources of organizational inertia and competency traps. There is a greater focus on the global analysis of industry and competition and analysis of the internal environment. In consultation with feedback from their adopters, the authors have concentrated on the fundamentals of strategy analysis and the underlying sources of profit. This reflects waning interest among senior executives in the pursuit of short-term shareholder value.The book will be a ready-reckoner for administrators, clinicians and practitioners in healthcare facilities for policy making, formulation of standard operative procedures, implementing techniques and processes for strategic planning in healthcare.As ever, students are provided with the guidance they need to strategic planning, analysis of the health services environment (internal and external) and lessons on implementation, with additional discussion on organizational capability, deeper treatment of sustainability and corporate social responsibility and more coverage of the sources of organizational inertia and competency traps.

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Background The United Kingdom entered ‘lockdown’ on the 23 March 2020 due to the COVID‐19 pandemic. This resulted in school closures forcing children to remain at home. Dental‐facial trauma was still likely to be common place due to falls and injuries exercising. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on clinical practice in a paediatric population in a tertiary care hospital and a linked Dental Institute. Method A proforma was designed to capture the demographics, presenting complaints, type of dental‐facial injury, treatment need and the treatment received for all paediatric patients presenting face to face with dental‐facial trauma to King's College Hospital during the ‘lockdown’ period (23 March‐ 14 June 2020). Results Four hundred and twenty calls were triaged, converting to 102 patients seen face‐to‐face for dental‐facial trauma. The remainder were able to be triaged ‘virtually’. Injuries seen included 56 (54.9%) dentoalveolar injuries, 37 (36.2%) lacerations, five (4.9%) suspected facial fractures and four (3.9%) dog bites. Males and females were equally affected. The majority of incidents occurred in the home environment (n = 60, 58.8%), with the remainder (n = 42, 41.2%) occurring outside the home environment. The main causes of dental‐facial trauma were falls (n = 47, 46.1%) and bicycles/scooters (n = 29, 28.4%). The most common type of dentoalveolar injury was lateral luxation (n = 15, 26.7%), followed by avulsion (n = 12, 21.4%). Only one child required treatment under general anaesthesia (GA). Conclusion The demographic, presenting complaints and treatment needs of patients who presented during the lockdown period with dental‐facial trauma were unusual. The overwhelming majority were able to be treated without the use of GA. The attendance protocol in a tertiary care setting and the use of ‘teledentistry’ ensured only the most severe trauma cases were seen. This highlights how more complex trauma can still occur during ‘lockdown’ and requires immediate management.

Provides an insight into the paediatric dental emergencies that are likely to present in the current pandemic of COVID-19.Provides evidence-based guidance for urgent dental care centres (UDCs) to follow when triaging patients.Discusses transferable standard operating procedures being implemented in secondary care.