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The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals call for the establishment of Good Health and Well-being and target a universal digital healthcare ecosystem by 2030. However, existing technology infrastructure is ineffectual in achieving the envisioned target and requires massive reconfiguration to achieve its intended outcome. This book suggests a way forward with fair and efficient digital health networks that provide resource efficiencies and inclusive access to those who are currently unde...

"A resource for medical practice administrators and physicians, the book covers the building blocks necessary to understand the business of a medical practice. The book also includes some of the of vital legal and compliance issues that medical practices must understand"--Provided by publisher.

Instead of building new hospitals that import old systems and problems, the time has come to reexamine many of our ideas about what a hospital should be. Can a building foster continuous improvement? How can we design it to be flexible and useful well into the future? How can we do more with less? Winner of a 2013 Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence! Answering these questions and more, Lean-Led Hospital Design: Creating the Efficient Hospital of the Future explains how hospitals can be built...

In naher Zukunft regiert der Roboter im OP, erscheint der Patient im Double als Hologramm, kommen Ersatzorgane aus dem Drucker, uberwachen Gesundheits-Apps Gesunde wie Kranke, werden Nanokapseln als Medizin durch den Koerper geschleust - was sich wie Fiction anhoert, steht unmittelbar vor der Realisierung. Vieles davon ist bereits moeglich, wartet auf den flachendeckenden Einsatz. Die Digitalisierung im Verbund mit einer Reihe weiterer neuer Technologien wird innerhalb weniger Jahre Medizin, Med...

Value-Based Health Care Linking Finance and Quality Yosef D. Dlugacz Value-Based Health Care? Value-Based Health Care?concisely explains the mandate to successfully link health care quality and finance and describes the tools to implement strategies for organizational success. Yosef Dlugacz provides many illustrative real-world examples of process and outcomes of the value-based approach, taken from a wide range of health care settings. Perfect for students preparing to enter health care managem...

With the same clarity that made the previous edition a bestseller, Healthcare Delivery in the U.S.A.: An Introduction, Second Edition provides readers with the understanding required to navigate the healthcare provider field. Brilliantly simple, yet comprehensive, this updated edition explains how recent health care reform will impact hospitals and health systems. It includes updated case studies and describes the new organizational structures being driven by current market conditions.Focusing o...

The revised and updated fifth edition of this classic text introduces strategic thinking and planning strategies to advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners in the field of health care. Demonstrates how strategic managers may become strategic thinkers Shows how to develop and document a plan of action through strategic planning Teaches managers to evaluate strategic plans, learn more about what works, and incorporate new strategic thinking into future planning, stra...

"Serves as an excellent study guide for students or as a source of course examination questions for the instructor...The author has skillfully taken the format of the National Association of the Boards of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators and utilized them as a basis for this text." - "Journal of Health Administration Education". This newly revised and updated study guide is based on the same format as the actual exam and provides an easy-to-use, effective way to review essential concepts...

The Life Science industry has been subject to a digital revolution upending all facets of the value chain with data-driven approaches like Gene Therapy, Personalized Medicine, Advanced Cell and Tissue Engineering, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Digital Twins, Internet-of-Medical-Things (IoMT) and Software-as-a-Medical-Device (SaMD). Our edited volume offers comprehensive coverage of the digital disruption sweeping through the industry. From drug discovery to manufacturing and...

Providers who ignore the fundamentals of risk management may be placing their organizations in peril. This book helps leaders of such organizations to develop systems that succeed in controlling managed care risk. Hospitals, physicians, integrated deliver systems (IDSs), and other providers that deliver care face unique challenges of risk that differ from those of most insurers and HMOs. Managing Risk addresses risk issues concerning these diverse provider groups and discusses: Quantifying risks...

This book gathers extended versions of the best papers presented at the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas (GJCIE), held on September 2-3, 2019, in Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, Turkey. It covers a wide range of topics, including decision analysis, supply chain management, systems modelling and quality control. Further, special emphasis is placed on the state of the art and the challenges of digital disruption, as well as effective strategies that can be used...