A Systems Engineering Approach to Improve Healthcare Quality

Kevin Taaffe; Scott A. Shappell; Paris Stringfellow; Joel S. Greenstein; Sandra K. Garrett; Kapil Chalil Madathil; Anand K. Gramopadhye

A Systems Engineering Approach to Improve Healthcare Quality

Kevin Taaffe, Scott A. Shappell, Paris Stringfellow, Joel S. Greenstein, Sandra K. Garrett, Kapil Chalil Madathil, Anand K. Gramopadhye

Clemson University

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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.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
State	Published - Jun 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

root cause analysis
human system integration
simulation
scheduling

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

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