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Technology, Health Care, and Management in the Hospital of the Future
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Book Code: Q623
ISBN: 1-56720-623-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-56720-623-4
240 pages, figures, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 4/30/2003
List Price: $79.95 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: "Doctors and hospitals have long resisted joining the digital revolution," said The Wall Street Journal (June 10, 2002.) "Now they have no choice." Concentrating on the hospital and its variants, a panel of eminent academics and practitioners explores the major transformations that technological innovations have brought to the worldwide delivery of health care. This book spans a diversity of countries and health-care delivery systems but focuses primarily on the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Australia. The book is divided into three parts:
  • Creating Frameworks, which describes organizational changes in future health-care delivery
  • Future Processes of Healthcare Delivery, which examines different processes of delivery, such as strategic planning, palliative care, and the impact of research knowledge
  • Emerging Technologies, which addresses technology's potential impact on future care The breadth of contributions and the variety of topics covered make this a truly useful review of the origins and current state of the delivery health care, and what we might reasonably expect in the future. Designed for professionals and academics in health care and health-care technology management, the book will be equally important to people in related disciplines who are also affected in various ways by advances in the health-care system worldwide.
  • Table of Contents:
    • Preface
    • Introduction:The Hosptal of the Future: Concept and Directions
    • Creating Frameworks
    • Network Approach to Health Care Quality Improvement: The Case of a Finnish Hospital District by U. Lamsa and T. Savolainen
    • The Industrial Product Versus the Facility Product: A Framework for Crystallizing the Healthcare Services of Tomorrow by J.-E. Gasslander, T. Engstrom, and A. Wiklund
    • Mobilizing Expectations on EPR: The Case of Spain by C. Cabello and L. Sanz-Menendez
    • Modeling the Hospital of the Future with UML by I.A. Cruz, A.G. Silva, J.A.V. Serrano, P. Soares, I. Oliveira, and J.P. Cunha
    • Future Processes of Healthcare Delivery
    • Following and Accelerating the Design Evolution Curve in Health Care by C.M. Barlow
    • Strategic Planning in Healthcare Organizations: The Role of Health Technology Assessment by A. Cicchetti
    • Diagnostic & Information Technology for Laboratories in an Integrated Delivery System by C.A. Lehmann and J. Fitzgibbon
    • Using Diagnostic Workshops to Achieve Excellence in the NHS by A. Appleby and M. Conner
    • Palliative Care: An Environment That Promotes Continuous Improvement, Learning, and Innovation by G. Davidson and P. Hyland
    • Quality of Care: Reductions in Health Care for Clinically Ineffective Services by C. Davies and P. Walley
    • Emerging Technologies: Adoption, Adaptation, and Implementation
    • Emerging Technologies: Diffusion and Quality Management of Teleconsultation Modalities in Rehabilitation by W.H. Van Harten, H.K.C. Bloo, and R. Kleissen
    • Empowering Nurses with Information Technology: The Challenge of Delivering Adequate Training by L. Alpay
    • Careful Hospital Design: The Act of Balancing Stakeholder Interests by R. Dooyeweerd and R.W. Schuring
    • Linkage of User (Tenant) Demands to the (Physical) Building Facility by T. Engstrom, L.G. Bergqvist, and J.-E. Gasslander
    • The Dynamic Hospital (Building) of the Future by C.M.J. Schols, B.-J. Grevink, and A. Molkenboer-Hamming
    • Suggested Readings
    • About the Authors
    • Index
    LC Card Number: 2002029875
    LCC Class: RA971
    Dewey Class: 362
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