Exploiting Process thinking in Health Care

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI)

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 12-20

  Paavola, Teemu ^a  

^a LifeIT Plc   (Finland)

Author keywords

orthopaedic surgery; process thinking; reengineering; theory of constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001759464     PISSN: 15553396     EISSN: 1555340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhisi.2008040102     Document Type: Article

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