Management engineering : a guide to best practices for industrial engineering in health care /: a guide to best practices for industrial engineering in health care. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jean Ann Larson.
• Editors: Larson, Jean Ann
• Contents: Front Cover; Contents; About the Editor; About the Contributors; About the Reviewers; Chapter 1: Management Engineering: A Best Practices Guide to Industrial Engineering in Healthcare; Chapter 2: It's Not about the Tools: The Management Engineer's Role in Achieving Significant, Sustainable Change; Chapter 3: What IEs Need to Know about Change Management; Chapter 4: An Overview of Management Engineering and Best Practices for Management Engineering Departments; Chapter 5: A Case Study of a High Functioning Management Engineering Department. Chapter 6: Budget, Cost, and Performance Improvement Approaches Used by a Highly Effective ME DepartmentChapter 7: Founding a Management Engineering Consulting Firm; Chapter 8: Instigating Change and Engaging Teams; Chapter 9: Raising Your Project Management IQ; Chapter 10: Workforce Management; Chapter 11: Staffing and Scheduling; Chapter 12: Understanding Nursing Care Models: Industrial Engineering Healthcare Book; Chapter 13: Facilitation Techniques; Chapter 14: Process Redesign in Healthcare; Chapter 15: Total Quality Management and the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award. Chapter 16: Six SigmaChapter 17: Lean in Healthcare; Chapter 18: Operations Analysis and Operations Research; Chapter 19: Data Collection, Analysis, and Presentation; Chapter 20: Benchmarking; Chapter 21: Facility Planning: The Role of the Industrial Engineer; Chapter 22: Assessing the ROI and Benefits of New Technology; Chapter 23: Information and Technology Systems Analysis, Evaluation, and Selection; Chapter 24: RFI and RFP Process: How to Organize the Consultant Hiring Process; Chapter 25: Flowcharting; Chapter 26: Value Stream Mapping in Healthcare. Chapter 27: Statistical and Mathematical Analysis in a Healthcare SettingChapter 28: Human Factors; Chapter 29: Using Human Factors Engineering to Improve Root Cause Analysis Efforts; Chapter 30: Throughput and Cycle Time Reduction; Chapter 31: Simulation in Healthcare; Chapter 32: Industrial Engineers in Public Health; Chapter 33: On Leaving a Legacy; Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: Portland, Oregon : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 362.10685; Health services administration; Industrial engineering; Health services administration; Industrial engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1466579919; 9781466579910; 1306124417; 9781306124416
• Related ISBNs: 9781466579903; 1466579900
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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