Clinical Management of Hypertension, Seventh Edition

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The book reviews the JNC and WHO-ISH management guidelines and results of key clinical trials. Recommended approach for treatment is presented together with easy-to-follow treatment algorithms. Drug therapies are extensively discussed.

The Business Writer's Handbook: Seventh Edition

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margie
Still Use after Class
Great Book if needed
Constant Update
Great Book

The Business Writer's Handbook: Seventh Edition
Gerald J. Alred , Charles T. Brusaw , and Walter E. Oliu
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0312309228

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This fifth edition of The Business Writer's Handbook consists of nearly 700 spiral-bound pages written with both business students and professionals in mind. (It is also available in a paper-bound version, but how nice to be able to lay the book flat on one's desk for ease of reference.) "Our focus," say the editors, "is on helping professionally oriented writers develop effective skills and strategies for communicating in a rapidly changing environment," and that they do. The entries, arranged alphabetically, are straightforward and to the point. Sandwiched between items addressing issues of English grammar and word usage are guides to writing résumés, resignation letters, and everything in between (e.g., abstracts, annual reports, e-mail, executive summaries, form letters, feasibility studies, memos, mission statements, proposals, and trade journal articles). Throughout the book, the point is made that good writing has a marked effect on business communications--a short, personal collection letter, for instance, "will usually motivate a customer to pay a bill faster than will a form letter." Since the book is written for the business professional, many of the usage and grammar issues are illustrated with business-related examples, but don't think that that means the book isn't any fun. Consider the first sentence in an entry for gobbledygook: "Gobbledygook is writing that suffers from an overdose of traits guaranteed to make it stuffy, pretentious, and wordy." --Jane Steinberg

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This comprehensive resource--alphabetically arranged for quick reference--provides guidance on the business writing process, abundant real-world examples, in-depth treatment of grammar and usage, and current coverage of of technology. It sets the standard of business communication.

Customer Reviews:

margie .......2007-07-08

Purchased as a text forschool. It was rec'd in good condition and received when it was promised
Thank you

Still Use after Class.......2007-01-11

I am still using it long after I was done with my business writing class. It has help me write many resumes and cover letters.

Great Book if needed.......2007-01-04

I did not use this book during class as much as I thought I would, however I think it would be very beneficial for future use.

Constant Update.......2007-01-03

The authors keep current with common and popular business writing practices. Do they make/set the standards or reflect them? Business writing books abound in the marketplace. This one (or the companion Handbook of Technical Writing) needs to be on the desk of everyone who has to write memos or proposals or reports--next to a good dictionary and the Gregg Handbook.

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BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL WRITING

Bibliography

Alred, Gerald J., Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu. The Business Writer's Handbook. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003.
---. Handbook of Technical Writing. 8th ed. New York: St.Martin's, 2006.
The American Heritage College Dictionary. 4th ed. 2002.
American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington: Amer. Psychological Assn., 2001.
The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003.
Franklin Covey Style Guide. 3rd ed. Salt Lake City: Franklin Covey, 1999.
Garner, Bryan A. Garner's Modern American Usage. New York: Oxford UP, 2003.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
Goldstein, Norm, ed. The Associated Press Stylebook. New York: Basic, 2004.
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. IEEE Standards Style Manual. New York: IEEE, 2005.
Sabin, William. A. The Gregg Reference Manual. 10th ed. New York: McGraw, 2005.
Strunk, William, Jr., and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. New York: Allyn, 2000.
United States. Government Printing Office. Style Manual. Rev. ed. Washington: GPO, 2000.

Great Book.......2005-09-07

The book was sent to me in excellent condition and took only a few days to get to me around Labor Day weekend. The price was great too. I recommend this seller to everyone.

Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, Seventh Edition

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not bad
7th Edition pulls itself into the 21st Century
Lots of info, perhaps too much.
An excellent overview of the medical billing task.

Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, Seventh Edition
Marilyn Takahashi Fordney , and Linda L. French
Manufacturer: W.B. Saunders Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0721695183

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Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office is a key text for Medical Administrative Assisting, Medical Front Office programs, or those who wish to become insurance billing specialists, claims assistance professionals, or electronic claims processors for physicians' practices and hospital outpatient clinics. Those already practicing in this area will also find this text beneficial, as will health claims examiner programs. The goal of this extremely up-to-date text is to increase efficiency and streamline administrative procedures for the most exasperating aspect of the doctor's office routine - insurance billing. This text offers guidance for all aspects of submitting, tracing, appealing, and transmitting claims for today's full range of health plans. Important coverage of diagnostic coding, procedural coding, office and insurance collection strategies, Medicare, Managed Care, and more is presented. Additionally, a free CD-ROM featuring the HCFA-1500 claim form is included with the book. The CD-ROM contains 10 scored patient case studies with related insurance information so that the student can practice completing the HCFA-1500 claim form in a fun, interactive format.

Customer Reviews:

not bad.......2005-09-25

the seller send the book very soon but she give me a wrong one, and then she send me another one, but it was lost in the way. Although she returned my money, but I took a course two weeks without textbook.

7th Edition pulls itself into the 21st Century.......2001-09-27

Having had to wait many weeks for the new, revised 7th Edition I was very pleased to note the improvements made from the 6th Edition. The color examples, universal legend symbols and easy paragraph read for the student are excellent. Another long awaited addition is the expanded Medi-Cal section (applicable to California only). Having been in the industry for 25 year I can say that this is the best Billing book on the market that I have been able to find. The only down side to this book is that it is not written for the "new" biller, but more for an intermediate to experienced biller. As long as the instructor can "dumb down" some of the excellent explanations, students will learn a tremendous amount from this book. I use it in my classroom along with my own material and the students are leaving the class with a well rounded knowledge base. Over all, I am pleased with the new Edition and it's contents.

Lots of info, perhaps too much........1999-10-13

I felt a little bogged down by all the information contained inthis book. It seemed too detailed and included a lot of stuff thatdidn't really apply to just medical insurance (for example thecomplete hypocratic oath which doctors take)! Overall, it was a pretty good book. It would have been a great book if they had cut out about a third or even half of the information. I thought Guide to Medical Billing, by a company called ICDC was much better. A lot of the pertinent data without too much extra. I also liked a book called The Medical Billing Handbook by Jason Cummings.

An excellent overview of the medical billing task........1999-03-01

This is an appropriate text for the medical biller. Although written for the office-based biller, home-based billers will find most (but not all) the information of practical benefit. Used in our homestudy course as a standard text.

Health Insurance Answer Book, Seventh Edition

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Health Insurance Answer Book, Seventh Edition
John C. Garner
Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The New Health Insurance Solution: How to Get Cheaper, Better Coverage Without a Traditional Employer Plan

ASIN: 0735553580

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This easy-to-use guide will help you manage a cost-effective health insurance plan and ensure that your decisions are in compliance with constantly changing health care legislation. Health Insurance Answer Book offers instant access to information on everything from HMOs, PPOs, COBRA, HIPAA, OBRA, and flexible benefits to plan rating, funding, cost containment, and administration. Its question-and-answer format speeds you to realistic strategies and solutions in seconds.

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A Complete Reference for Consultants and IS/IT Ops

IS Management Handbook, Seventh Edition

Manufacturer: AUERBACH
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0849398207

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In systems analysis, programming, development, or operations, improving productivity and service - doing more with less - is the major challenge. Regardless of your management level, the Handbook gives you the advice and support you need to survive and prosper in the competitive environment. It is the only comprehensive and timely source of technical and managerial guidance, providing expert information on the latest IT management techniques from top IS experts. This edition explains state-of-the-art technologies, innovative management strategies, and practical step-by-step solutions for surviving and thriving in today's demanding business environment. The IS Management Handbook outlines how to effectively manage, adapt and integrate new technology wisely, providing guidance from 70 leading IS management experts in every important area. This reference enables its readers to ensure quality, contain costs, improve end-user support, speed up systems development time, and solve rapidly changing business problems with today's IS technology.

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A Complete Reference for Consultants and IS/IT Ops.......2001-09-14

This is a collection of focused essays divided among five IS/IT management and operational domains:
SECTION 1 (Achieving Strategic IT Alignment), SECTION 2 (Designing and Operating an Enterprise Infrastructure), SECTION 3 (Providing Application Solutions), SECTION 4 (Exploiting Web Technologies)and SECTION 5 (Facilitating Knowledge Work).

Because this book covers such a wide landscape of management and operational issues it is impossible to let a potential reader know which are best since most readers are going to be interested in a particular domain or select topics in more than one of the five domains this book addresses. I'll cite the essays that I read out of personal interest or professional need, or that especially impressed me.

I read all of the essays in Section 1 because of research and professional interest. Each was well written and collectively they contained a wealth of valuable information on topics in that domain.

In Section 2 "Improving Data Center Productivity and Effectiveness", "Quality Assurance and Control" and Quality Information Services all contained invaluable information and reflected the authors' deep knowledge and insights into these topics. I skipped over the other essays in this section, but if the ones I read were any indication of the content and quality of the rest, then this section contains a wealth of information.

"Strategic Use of JAD" in Section 3 was insightful and gave me a lot of ideas on requirements elicitation and management using Joint Application Design workshops as effective approaches. I also liked "Project Success and Customer Needs", "Win-Win Projects" and "Managing the User/IS Relationship", each of which provided complementary approaches to user-center project management and how to assure that your project's final deliverables reflect true user requirements. This cluster of essays would make a small and valuable book in and of themselves.

I skipped over SECTION 4 (Exploiting Web Technologies) because I have other material on that domain; however, I did quickly glance through a few of the essays and thought they were accurate (from what little I read) and well written. Section 5, in its entirety, was filled with useful information. I carefully read through this section and found gems of information and insights in each of the essays, the most interesting of which is "Helping Users Help Themselves".

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Not enough consideration of reality

Motivating

The author understands the challenges of today's principal.

Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership
Elaine K. McEwan
Manufacturer: Scholastic Trade
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Binding: Hardcover

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Handbook of Instructional Leadership: How Successful Principals Promote Teaching and Learning

Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance

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The Principal's Companion: Strategies and Hints to Make the Job Easier

ASIN: 0590494678

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Updated Edition of Best Seller!

"You won't find a more practical, detailed guide to improving school effectiveness than is contained between the covers of this book!"
Leonard O. Pellicer, Dean School of Education
University of La Verne
La Verne, CA

"Few books on school leadership have effectively brought together the best of educational theory and practice for school administrators as Elaine McEwan's Seven Steps to Instructional Leadership."
Michael Pladus
1999 MetLife/NASSP National Principal of the Year

Have the courage and the vision to lead your staff to achieve their highest instructional goals!

Make a substantive impact on the lives of your students and your staff. This practical, hands-on guide can help you become a more effective instructional leader. Here are research-based activities to help you lead your staff though McEwans’s seven steps:

Establish, implement, and achieve academic standards
Be an instructional resource for your staff
Create a learning-oriented school culture and climate
Communicate your school’s vision and mission to staff and students
Set high expectations for your staff and yourself
Develop teacher leaders
Develop and maintain positive relationships with students, staff, and parents

Integrate these seven steps into your daily behavior. Chapters on each step include research data, discussion and advice from instructional leaders, and practical suggestions from dozens of leading principals that you can use right now in your own school.

Use the Instructional Leadership Checklist to:

Assess your current level of instructional leadership
Find out how your staff thinks you’re doing
Set goals for improving your instructional leadership practice
Evaluate your progress toward your goals

Attaining a new and higher level of instructional leadership will make a difference for each person in your school. Staff, students, and parents will get the message that all students matter. Everyone will start expecting that all students can learn, and your school will achieve its mission—improving education.

Customer Reviews:

Not enough consideration of reality.......2007-09-21

This book is your typical leadership book written grammatically well. It is written like a reference book, maybe a bit too much. A bit of a hard read for a slow reader. There are many great tips for how a person should be a principal including managing a school and working with faculty, staff, students, parents, and community treating all entities with considerable equality. McEwan's opinions feel a bit too pushed such as how the principal is always the one that makes the difference and that the principal needs to make [seemingly all] teachers leaders, and that a principal must be a leader of leaders. While the model may be true, it may not be feasible to make sure every single teacher is a "leader" in their own sense. Some teachers may be jealous of the principal, some teachers will not get along with other teachers at all and so should non-collaboration between two teachers necessarily be blamed on by the principal? McEwan certainly makes it seem that way. The suggestions of having the principal involved in every aspect of school is great, but her specific numbers for criteria can be questionable. It's not as much of quantity as quality with what you have available. She also does not consider situations where schools are underfunded to begin with and just expects principals to be able to "wave their magic wand" and wallah a good school. If life were only that easy.

Motivating.......2007-03-11

Motivating book that makes a person feel like they could become a principal, as long as they are to work very hard.

The author understands the challenges of today's principal........1998-07-20

Elaine McEwan's book is one of the most direct and useful tools I have found for today's principals. The book provides clear descriptions about quality education and a means to self evaluate current practices. I shared the book with my superitendent and we used the material during a summer administrative retreat. The text and the material were accepted by principals from both the elementary and secondary levels. Elain McEwan has captured the aspects of "Quality Education" in a useable and friendly book.

Elaine first brings the focus back to the building principal and the understanding that we are the most important piece of school improvement. The author understands the need for management; however, emphasizes educational, instructional leadership. Dr. McEwan shares the belief as stated in Warren Bennis's writings that the school leader needs to have vision and commitment. Elaine further explains that school leaders need to be knowledgable about! learning theory, curriculum, and effective instruction. The text book provides outlines of the desired components. Identifying desired learning results is a primary step of this books. Elaine McEwan reaffirms the statements of Larry Lezotte in his book "Learning for All." She states, "When our students are successful, we are successful." The author understands we can never expect our staff to grow and expand if we are not supportive and leading. Create direct ways to encourage growth and be a learner with your team. Elaine visits and challenges the reader on creating a culture and climate for maximum learning. She discusses the importance of communicating the vision and raising expectations of staff and families. Elaine McEwan has developed a handbook that should be part of your daily activities.

I have personally been through Covey training, been a candidate and a facilitator at the Indiana Principal's Leadership Academy (IPLA), trained! on "The Instructional Process," TESA, and "! Choice Theory" and find this books a summary of solid educational approaches. The end of the chapter summaries and descriptors created a new awareness and raised my own expectations.

I believe Elaine McEwan is a leading current author for the practicing principal in the field of education. Elaine believes in schools and has the vision of classrooms becoming better and better. You will always be glad that this book is a part of your working collection.

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2007 Edition: Excellent reference for budgeting or estimating.......2006-12-28

The 2006 Edition is a worthwhile buy and pays for itself quickly. I wish I had bought it much earlier in my home budgeting process. The information is well organized in a user-friendly manner. It even has cost adjustment factors for hundreds of cities. This should help you to be prepared somewhat before you start negotiating with builders and contractors.

Excellent book if you are building your own home.......1999-08-25

This is an excellent book for estimating the costs involved in building a new home. It provides enough detail to get a good idea on costs. It is not as detailed as some of the other books out there but for a person like myself it has proved to be an invaluable tool. And it is easy enough to use as opposed to some of the other books out there.

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