Systems Engineering to Improve Traumatic Brain Injury Care in the Military Health System - Workshop Summary

This book makes a strong case for taking advantage of the best of two disciplines--health care and operational systems engineering (a combination of science and mathematics to describe, analyze, plan, design, and integrate systems with complex interactions among people, processes, materials, equipment, and facilities)-to improve the efficiency and quality of health care delivery, as well as health care outcomes.

Those most interested in pursuing this approach include leaders in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs, who are committed to finding ways of improving the quality of care for military personnel, veterans, and their families. Intrigued by the possibilities, DOD decided to sponsor a series of workshops to explore the potential of operational systems engineering principals and tools for military health care, beginning with the diagnosis and care of traumatic brain injury (TBI), one of the most prevalent, difficult and challenging injuries suffered by warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Makes a case for taking advantage of the best of two disciplines - health care and operational systems engineering - to improve the efficiency and quality of health care delivery, as well as health care outcomes.

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• Authors: Institute Of Medicine, National Academy Of Engineering, Workshop Steering Commitee on Systems En, Workshop Steering Commitee on Systems Engineering Health Care: Tools and Technologies to Maximize the Effectiveness of Medical Mission Support to DOD
• Assisted by: Jessica Buono (Editor), David Butler (Editor), Frederick Erdtmann (Editor), Proctor Reid (Editor), Proctor P. Reid (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2009
• EAN: 9780309127585
• ISBN: 978-0-309-12758-5
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries