title: Building bridges with clinicians.
abstract: Clinical and ancillary staff need and welcome the opportunity to be involved in healthcare financial management. To provide them with the financial tools they need, a group of clinical and nonclinical professionals identified the key components of a curriculum that addressed financial, managerial, and cost accounting, along with training objectives that include understanding cost allocation, trend analysis, and variance analysis.
authors.affiliation: HHS Office of Inspector General, San Francisco, USA. TSJMBrady@netscape.net
authors.forename: Timothy S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hankins
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003479:Curriculum; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D007318:Inservice Training; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011361:Professional Competence; D024382:Professional Role; D014481:United States