Kolker,Alexander <br/><br/>
Management engineering for effective healthcare delivery   principles and applications / 
Alexander Kolker and Pierce Story, editors. 
 - Hershey, PA :  Medical Information Science Reference,  2012. 
 - xxvi;483 p.    ill. ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Efficient managerial decision-making in healthcare settings : examples and fundamental principles -- Dynamic capacity management (DCAMM) in a hospital setting -- Simulation modeling of healthcare delivery -- Simulation applications in a healthcare setting -- Modeling clinical engineering activities to support healthcare technology management -- Intensive care unit operational modeling and analysis -- Human-centered systems engineering : managing stakeholder dissonance in healthcare delivery -- Enabling real-time management and visibility with RFID -- Healthcare delivery as a service system : barriers to co-production and implications of healthcare reform -- Using simulation to design and improve an outpatient procedure center -- Reducing consultation waiting time and overtime in outpatient clinic : challenges and solutions -- Reducing patient waiting time at an ambulatory surgical center -- Scheduling healthcare systems : theory and applications -- Appointment order outpatient scheduling system with consideration of ancillary services and overbooking policy to improve outpatient experience -- Electronic health record adoption, considerations, and future direction -- Electronic medical records (EMR) : issues and implementation perspectives. 
<br/><br/> "This book illustrates the power of management engineering for quantitative managerial decision-making in healthcare settings, that assists in predicting performance and/or real resource requirements and allowing decision-makers to be truly proactive rather than reactive"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781609608729  
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label> 29889.00 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011022228 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101563775  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Health services administration--Decision making.<br/>Medical care.<br/>Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration.<br/>Decision Making.<br/>Health Services Administration.<br/>Leadership.<br/>Models, Organizational.<br/>Practice Management--organization & administration.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA971  / .M34237 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.1068 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>W 84.1