From goes@ursus.jun.alaska.eduThu Dec 7 21:17:10 1995 Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 16:59:14 -0900 From: Jim Goes To: MHCARE-L@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU, hc-con@quality.org Subject: HEALTHMGMT discussion list Subscribers to this list may not know about HEALTHMGMT, for the last three years an excellent Internet resource for health care managers and others interested in the area. We invite you to join our discussion. Details are attached. HEALTHMGMT --------------------------- An Internet Discussion list for Health Care Management and Administration HEALTHMGMT and HEALTHMGMT-D are the Internet discussion forums for those interested in the practice, research, and education of management in health care and health service organizations. Discussions on issues pertaining to the management and administration of all health-related organizations, including hospitals, health systems, HMOs, nursing homes, health care networks, etc., and debates about current issues and events in health care and their impact on health care organizations and research are all welcomed. Management practitioners, researchers, and educators interested in health care issues are all encouraged to participate. Enrollment is open to anyone interested in these issues. HEALTHMGMT is also the electronic discussion list for the Health Care Administration Division of the Academy of Management. ******************************************************* GENERAL INFO HEALTHMGMT consists of two e-mail lists. The main list, HEALTHMGMT, is a moderated list designed for posting notices, queries, initiating discussions, etc. All messages posted to HEALTHMGMT are screened before posting to subscribers. The second list, HEALTHMGMT-D, is an unmoderated open group for the discussion of issues raised on HEALTHMGMT. Messages posted to the HEALTHMGMT-D are automagically and immediately forwarded to all list members. Replying to any message posted on HEALTHMGMT or HEALTHMGMT-D is perfectly appropriate and generally encouraged, although lengthy discussions on particular issues will be be moved to HEALTHMGMT-D. We want to encourage friendly public debates, discussions, and sharing of information. Please aware that whatever you say will be broadcast to many people. Potential uses of HEALTHMGMT include (but are not limited to): -- Requests for information, literature references, or help on any management-related health care issue (such as TQM, hospital organization design, nursing home administration, HMO pricing structures, etc). -- Initiating discussions or debates on topics of interest to the members of the list (e.g. the impact of managed competition on health care organization, the tax-exempt status of hospitals, assessment of new technology in hospitals) -- Notices for professional meetings for management practitioners or academics. If you come across a notice for an interesting professional meeting, please post some information about it. -- Postings for jobs. Anyone aware of job openings (practitioner or academic) in the health care management area is encouraged to post this information. -- Calls for papers. Any calls for papers are especially encouraged. -- Book reviews: Read a good health care book lately? Share your opinions. -- Course design and syllabi: share your educational ideas with your colleagues. -- Archives: Every submission to HEALTHMGMT and HEALTHMGMT-D is automatically archived and made available for retrieval from the Ursus Listserver or the Management Archive gopher server. Subscribing to HEALTHMGMT ------------------------- You must subscribe to post messages on HEALTHMGMT. To subscribe to the HEALTHMGMT mailinglist, simply send an e-mail message to the Ursus Listserver (listserv@ursus.jun.alaska.edu) with the following command on the first line of the message: subscribe HEALTHMGMT your name For example, to subscribe Jane Doe would send the following message: subscribe HEALTHMGMT Jane Doe Once you are subscribed, you can post messages to the HEALTHMGMT list distribution by sending them to HEALTHMGMT@ursus.jun.alaska.edu. To post messages to the HEALTHMGMT-D discussion, send them to HEALTHMGMT-D@ursus.jun.alaska.edu. However, any sort of administrative request (e.g. subscription, info, unsubscription, review, or archive requests) should always be sent to the listserver address (listserv@ursus.jun.alaska.edu). Most administrative requests are handled without the intervention of the list administrator, and sending such requests to the HEALTHMGMT address will draw the wrath of your fellow list members! To subscribe to HEALTHMGMT-D, the open discussion forum for issues raised on HEALTHMGMT, send a similar message to the listserver (listserv@ursus.jun.alaska.edu): subscribe HEALTHMGMT-D yourfirstname yourlastname Getting a digest rather than individual messages ------------------------------------------------ If you prefer to receive a periodic summarized digest of messages posted on HEALTHMGMT or HEALTHMGMT-D, rather than receive individual messages directly, send a two-line message as follows to listserv@ursus.jun.alaska.edu: subscribe HEALTHMGMT your name (if not subscribed) set HEALTHMGMT mail digest (perform a similar procedure for HEALTHMGMT-D) You must choose either regular or digest distribution; you cannot receive both at one e-mail address (nor would you want to). Digests are generally sent every day or two, depending on list volume. Welcome to this new electronic community for practitioners, researchers and educators in health care management. If you have any questions, problems, or suggestions feel free to contact the us. HEALTHMGMT and HEALTHMGMT-D are operated by the School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Alaska Southeast (also home of the MANAGEMENT ARCHIVE). List manager is Jim Goes (goes@ursus.jun.alaska.edu). Your comments and feedback on the HEALTHMGMT list and any ideas on how to improve the service are always invited. ******************************************************* -- ******************************************************************** Jim Goes + Internet: goes@ursus.jun.alaska.edu Business and Public Admin + Phone: (907) 465-6344 University of Alaska + FAX: (907) 465-6383 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Management Archive HEALTHMGMT CORP-WELFARE --------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't anthropomorphize computers. They hate that.