Overview

This book presents some recent systems engineering and mathematical tools for health care along with their real-world applications by health care practitioners and engineers. Advanced approaches, tools, and algorithms used in operating room scheduling and patient flow are covered. State-of-the-art results from applications of data mining, business process modeling, and simulation in healthcare, together with optimization methods, form the core of the volume.   Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery illustrates the increased need of partnership between engineers and health care professionals. This book will benefit researchers and practitioners in health care delivery institutions, staff members and professionals of specialized hospital units, and lecturers and graduate students in engineering, applied mathematics, business administration and health care.

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Author:   Panos M. Pardalos ,  Pando G. Georgiev ,  Petraq Papajorgji ,  Britta Neugaard
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2013 ed.
Volume:   74
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.993kg
ISBN:  

9781489999528

ISBN 10:   1489999523
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   01 July 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Optimization Methods for Large-scale Radiotherapy Problems, Dionne M. Aleman, Hamid R. Ghaffari, Velibor V. Misic, Michael B. Sharpe, Mark Ruschin, and David A. Jaffray. -Portable Asset Management in Hospitals, Nebil Buyurgan, Nabil Lehlou, and Ashraf Hajiyev. -Clinical Data Mining to Discover Optimal Treatment Patterns, Patricia Cerrito. - Stochastic Integer Programming in Health Care Delivery, Camilo Mancilla and Robert H. Storer. - An Expository Discourse of E-health, Anastasius Moumtzoglou and Anastasia Kastania. - Nurse Scheduling Problem: An Integer Programming Model with a Practical Application, F. Neng, S. Mujahid, J. Zhang, P. Georgiev, P. Papajorgji, I. Radziukyniene, and P.M. Pardalos. - Exploring the Parallels Between a Hospital Pharmacy and a Distribution Center, Jennifer A. Pazour and Russell D. Meller. - Automatic scheduling of nurses: What does it take in practice? Elina Rönnberg, Torbjörn Larsson, and Ann Bertilsson

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