Management Engineering: A Guide to Best Practices for Industrial Engineering in Health Care - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1466579900 ISBN 13: 9781466579903

Verlag: Routledge, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Increasing costs and higher utilization of resources make the role of process improvement more important than ever in the health care industry. Management Engineering: A Guide to Best Practices for Industrial Engineering in Health Care provides an overview of the practice of industrial engineering (management engineering) in the health care industry.

Explaining how to maximize the unique skills of management engineers in a health care setting, the book provides guidance on tried and true techniques that can be implemented easily in most organizations. Filled with tools and documents to help readers communicate more effectively, it includes many examples and case studies that illustrate the proper application of these tools and techniques.

Containing the contributions of accomplished healthcare process engineers and process improvement professionals, the book examines Lean, Six Sigma, and other process improvement methodologies utilized by management engineers. Illustrating the various roles an industrial engineer might take on in health care, it provides readers with the practical understanding required to make the most of time-tested performance improvement tools in the health care industry.

Suitable for IE students and practicing industrial engineers considering a move into the health care industry, or current healthcare industrial engineers wishing to expand their practice, the text can be used as a reference to explore individual topics, as each of the chapters stands on its own. Also, senior healthcare executives will find that the book provides insights into how the practice of management engineering can provide sustainable improvements in their organizations. To get a good overview of how your organization can best benefit from the efforts of industrial engineers, this book is a must-read.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jean Ann Larson

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1466579900
• ISBN 13: 9781466579903
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 299
• Herausgeber: Larson Jean Ann
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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