Integrating systems engineering practice with health-care delivery

Health Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 159-164

  Padula, William V ^a   Duffy, Michael P ^b   Yilmaz, Taygan ^c   Mishra, Manish K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health care delivery; pressure ulcer; quality improvement; systems engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920774785     PISSN: 20476965     EISSN: 20476973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hs.2014.3     Document Type: Article

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