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Contribution to Book
A Systems Engineering Approach to Improve Healthcare Quality
Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare (2010)
  • Kevin Taaffe, Clemson University
  • Scott A. Shappell, Clemson University
  • Paris Stringfellow, Clemson University
  • Joel S. Greenstein, Clemson University
  • Sandra K. Garrett, Clemson University
  • Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University
  • Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University
Abstract
The healthcare crisis in the United States has prompted the Institute of Medicine [IOM] and National Academy of Engineering [NAE] to collaborate to address how systems engineering could be used to redesign processes and delivery systems in healthcare.
Keywords
  • root cause analysis,
  • human system integration,
  • simulation,
  • scheduling
Publication Date
June, 2010
Editor
Vincent G. Duffy
Publisher
CRC Press
ISBN
9781439834985
Citation Information
Kevin Taaffe, Scott A. Shappell, Paris Stringfellow, Joel S. Greenstein, et al.. "A Systems Engineering Approach to Improve Healthcare Quality" Boca Raton, FLAdvances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare (2010) p. 124 - 127
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/scott-shappell/76/