Healthcare systems engineering / Paul M. Griffin [and five others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffin, Paul M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services administration.

Medical care.

Systems engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, c2016.

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Apply engineering and design principles to revitalize the healthcare delivery system Healthcare Systems Engineering is the first engineering book to cover this emerging field, offering comprehensive coverage of the healthcare system, healthcare delivery, and healthcare systems modeling. Written by leading industrial engineering authorities and a medical doctor specializing in healthcare delivery systems, this book provides a well-rounded resource for readers of a variety of backgrounds. Examples, case studies, and thoughtful learning activities are used to thoroughly explain the concepts presented, including healthcare systems, delivery, quantification, and design. You'll learn how to approach the healthcare industry as a complex system, and apply relevant design and engineering principles and processes to advance improvements. Written with an eye toward practicality, this book is designed to maximize your understanding and help you quickly apply toward solutions for a variety of healthcare challenges. Healthcare systems engineering is a new and complex interdisciplinary field that has emerged to address the myriad challenges facing the healthcare industry in the wake of reform. This book functions as both an introduction and a reference, giving you the knowledge you need to move toward better healthcare delivery. * Understand the healthcare delivery context * Use appropriate statistical and quantitative models * Improve existing systems and design new ones * Apply systems engineering to a variety of healthcare contexts Healthcare systems engineering overlaps with industrial engineering, operations research, and management science, uniting the principles and practices of these fields together in pursuit of optimal healthcare operations. Although collaboration is focused on practitioners, professionals in information technology, policy and administration, public health, and law all play crucial roles in revamping health care systems. Healthcare Systems Engineering is a complete and authoritative reference for stakeholders in any field.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Healthcare Delivery System; Overview; 1.1 Healthcare Delivery Components; 1.2 Major Stakeholders; 1.3 Global Issues in Health; 1.4 Drivers for Healthcare Systems; References; Chapter 2: Complexity and Systems in Healthcare; Overview; 2.1 Taking a Systems Approach to Healthcare; 2.2 Complex Adaptive Systems; 2.3 Systems Thinking and System Dynamics; References; Chapter 3: Patient Flow; Overview; 3.1 Healthcare Settings and Clinical Workflows; 3.2 Patient Flow through a Hospital; 3.3 Care Transitions; 3.4 Process Mapping

3.5 Queuing References; Chapter 4: Healthcare Financing; Overview; 4.1 Financing Models for Health Services; 4.2 Compensation Models for Providers; 4.3 Cost Allocation and Charges; 4.4 Capital Budgeting; References; Chapter 5: Health Data and Informatics; Overview; 5.1 Healthcare Data; 5.2 Electronic Health Records; 5.3 Health Information Exchange; 5.4 Publicly Reported Healthcare Data; References; Chapter 6: Lean; Overview; 6.1 Lean Philosophy and Methods; 6.2 Drivers for Lean Healthcare Systems; 6.3 A Toolset for Eliminating Wastes; 6.4 Value Stream Mapping; 6.5 A3; 6.6 5S; 6.7 Kanban

6.8 Lean Implementations 6.9 Lean Thinking; References; Chapter 7: Six Sigma; Overview; 7.1 Six Sigma Philosophy; 7.2 Six Sigma Quality; References; Chapter 8: Reliability and Patient Safety; Overview; 8.1 Human Reliability; 8.2 Errors in Healthcare; 8.3 Medication Errors; 8.4 Patient Falls; 8.5 Human Factors and Ergonomics for Patient Safety; References; Chapter 9: Health Analytics; Overview; 9.1 Data Mining; 9.2 Data Visualization; Social Network Analysis; 9.4 Data Envelopment Analysis; 9.5 Multicriteria Decision Making; References; Chapter 10: Capacity Management; Overview

10.1 Capacity Management Challenges 10.2 Managing Nursing Units; 10.3 Managing Operating Rooms; 10.4 Managing Diagnostic Units; 10.5 Nurse Staffing and Scheduling; References; Chapter 11: Healthcare Logistics; Overview; 11.1 Facility Location; 11.2 Home Healthcare Routing and Scheduling; References; Chapter 12: Health Supply Chains; Overview; 12.1 Forecasting Demand; 12.2 Inventory Control; 12.3 Healthcare Distribution; 12.4 Coordinating Activities in the Supply Chain; References; Chapter 13: Infection Control; Overview; 13.1 Historical Perspective; 13.2 Infection Control Classification

13.3 Checklists for Infection Control 13.4 The Case of Sepsis; 13.5 Mathematical Modeling of Hospital Infection Control; References; Index; End User License Agreement

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 15, 2016).

ISBN:

1-118-97110-8

1-119-17463-5

1-118-97109-4

OCLC:

942753103