Applying systems engineering principles in improving health care delivery

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages 431-437

  Kopach Konrad, Renata ^b   Lawley, Mark ^a   Criswell, Mike ^c   Hasan, Imran ^b   Chakraborty, Santanu ^b   Pekny, Joseph ^d   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^e,f,g  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Purdue University   (United States)

^e RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care engineering; Health services research; Patient modeling; Systems approach; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 36448945451     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0292-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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