Ebook: Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery
- Tags: Optimization, Operations Research Management Science, Health Administration, Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics
- Series: Springer Optimization and Its Applications 74
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This book presents some recent systems engineering and mathematical tools for health care along with their real-world applications by health care practitioners and engineers. Advanced approaches, tools, and algorithms used in operating room scheduling and patient flow are covered. State-of-the-art results from applications of data mining, business process modeling, and simulation in healthcare, together with optimization methods, form the core of the volume.
Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery illustrates the increased need of partnership between engineers and health care professionals. This book will benefit researchers and practitioners in health care delivery institutions, staff members and professionals of specialized hospital units, and lecturers and graduate students in engineering, applied mathematics, business administration and health care.
This book presents some recent systems engineering and mathematical tools for health care along with their real-world applications by health care practitioners and engineers. Advanced approaches, tools, and algorithms used in operating room scheduling and patient flow are covered. State-of-the-art results from applications of data mining, business process modeling, and simulation in healthcare, together with optimization methods, form the core of the volume.
Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery illustrates the increased need of partnership between engineers and health care professionals. This book will benefit researchers and practitioners in health care delivery institutions, staff members and professionals of specialized hospital units, and lecturers and graduate students in engineering, applied mathematics, business administration and health care.
This book presents some recent systems engineering and mathematical tools for health care along with their real-world applications by health care practitioners and engineers. Advanced approaches, tools, and algorithms used in operating room scheduling and patient flow are covered. State-of-the-art results from applications of data mining, business process modeling, and simulation in healthcare, together with optimization methods, form the core of the volume.
Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery illustrates the increased need of partnership between engineers and health care professionals. This book will benefit researchers and practitioners in health care delivery institutions, staff members and professionals of specialized hospital units, and lecturers and graduate students in engineering, applied mathematics, business administration and health care.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Optimization Methods for Large-Scale Radiotherapy Problems....Pages 1-20
Portable Asset Management in Hospitals....Pages 21-36
Stochastic Integer Programming in Healthcare Delivery....Pages 37-48
An Expository Discourse of E-Health....Pages 49-63
Nurse Scheduling Problem: An Integer Programming Model with a Practical Application....Pages 65-98
Clinical Data Mining to Discover Optimal Treatment Patterns....Pages 99-130
Exploring the Parallels Between a Hospital Pharmacy and a Distribution Center....Pages 131-150
Automatic Scheduling of Nurses: What Does It Take in Practice?....Pages 151-178
This book presents some recent systems engineering and mathematical tools for health care along with their real-world applications by health care practitioners and engineers. Advanced approaches, tools, and algorithms used in operating room scheduling and patient flow are covered. State-of-the-art results from applications of data mining, business process modeling, and simulation in healthcare, together with optimization methods, form the core of the volume.
Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery illustrates the increased need of partnership between engineers and health care professionals. This book will benefit researchers and practitioners in health care delivery institutions, staff members and professionals of specialized hospital units, and lecturers and graduate students in engineering, applied mathematics, business administration and health care.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Optimization Methods for Large-Scale Radiotherapy Problems....Pages 1-20
Portable Asset Management in Hospitals....Pages 21-36
Stochastic Integer Programming in Healthcare Delivery....Pages 37-48
An Expository Discourse of E-Health....Pages 49-63
Nurse Scheduling Problem: An Integer Programming Model with a Practical Application....Pages 65-98
Clinical Data Mining to Discover Optimal Treatment Patterns....Pages 99-130
Exploring the Parallels Between a Hospital Pharmacy and a Distribution Center....Pages 131-150
Automatic Scheduling of Nurses: What Does It Take in Practice?....Pages 151-178
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