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This edited volume focuses on research conducted in the area of healthcare systems management. Chapters are extensions of works presented at the International Conference on Management of Ergonomic Design, Industrial Safety and Healthcare Systems. The book addresses the need to have the knowledge of technological and resource management, clinical performances and quality of healthcare delivery systems in order to make hospital systems well and adequately designed and operationally effective ensuring the quality of healthcare to patients. It is a useful resource for students, researchers, industrial professionals and design engineers.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Improving the Performance of an MRI Department through Appointment Scheduling (Papiya Bhattacharjee).- Chapter 2. Measurement of Efficiency and Productivity Growth of Hospital Systems: An Indian Case Study. (Abhik Patra and Pradip Kumar Ray).- Chapter 3. Integrated Trauma Management System ( Gopinath Chattopadhyay).- Chapter 4. Regulatory Mechanism for Diagnostic Radiology (DR) Facilities in India Anirban Guin.- Chapter 5. Health Care Improvement through Integration of Quality Initiatives (Sujata Mitra).- Chapter 6. A Study on Redesigning Healthcare Systems Using Internet of things (K.Rajeswari ).- Chapter 7. A Review of Literature on Ergonomics in Dentistry (Dr Ramaa A).- Chapter 8. Inventory Management and Analysis of Pharmaceuticals in a Healthcare System (Esha Saha).- Chapter 9. A Comprehensive Framework for Ergonomic Evaluation of Patient Handlings Jobs in Healthcare System (Sanjeet Kumar).- Chapter 10. Modelling and Analysis of Distribution of Blood Stocks to Healthcare Units (Pratiksha Patil).
About the author
Dr Pradip Kumar Ray is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, has more than twenty eight years of teaching, research and consultancy experience as well as eight years of industrial experience. He has published one text book titled 'Product and Process Design for Quality Economy and Reliability', thirteen book chapters, six lecture packages, and around 167 papers in international and national journals of repute and conferences in the areas of healthcare management, productivity measurement and evaluation, quality design and control, TQM, process optimization, ergonomics/human factors engineering, safety engineering and management and other related topics. His areas of interest and research include productivity modeling, quality engineering, ergonomics, safety engineering, engineering asset management and JIT-based/lean engineering operations management.
Dr. J Maiti, PhD, Professor& Head, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India has more than seventeen years of teaching, research and consulting experience on data analytics, safety analytics, quality analytics, engineering ergonomics, and engineering systems safety design and management. He excels in teaching multivariate statistical modeling, engineering systems safety design and control, safety analytics, work system design, quality engineering and design of experiments. He has published more than 100 papers in international journals of repute and conferences. Presently, he is serving as the member of editorial board of Safety Science, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, and Safety & Health at Work. His current research interests include Data Science, Safety & Health Analytics, Quality Analytics, Engineering Ergonomics, and Virtual Reality Applications.
Summary
This edited volume focuses on research conducted in the area of healthcare systems management. Chapters are extensions of works presented at the International Conference on Management of Ergonomic Design, Industrial Safety and Healthcare Systems. The book addresses the need to have the knowledge of technological and resource management, clinical performances and quality of healthcare delivery systems in order to make hospital systems well and adequately designed and operationally effective ensuring the quality of healthcare to patients. It is a useful resource for students, researchers, industrial professionals and design engineers.
