LibGuides: KU Online IME 656: Engineering for Healthcare Systems: eBooks

Google Book Search

Google Books allows you to search approximately 30 million books. While not able to provide full text for in-copyright works, this type of research can still be helpful.

Book Purchase Suggestion

Is there a specific book that would help with your research? Suggest it here and the librarians will consider it for the library.

We take suggestions for both physical books and ebooks.

Suggest a book

Affordable Care Act

Complete List of Affordable Care Act eBooks

The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment : Health Policy Innovations and Lessons by Harry P. Selker
Publication Date: 2013
This book examines the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective that health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving health.

Healthcare Systems

Complete List of Healthcare Systems eBooks

Evaluating the Organizational Impact of Healthcare Information Systems by James G. Anderson
Publication Date: 2006
Introduction to various survey and evaluation methods involving IT systems in the healthcare setting.
Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems by Yuehwern Yih
Publication Date: 2011
Using a system engineering perspective, Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems offers theoretical foundations, methodologies, and case studies in each main sector of the system.
Health Care Systems Engineering for Scientists and Practitioners by Andrea Matta
Publication Date: 2016
In this volume, scientists and practitioners write about new methods and technologies for improving the operation of health care organizations.
Healthcare Information Management Systems by Charlotte A. Weaver
Publication Date: 2015
Healthcare Information Management Systems, 4th edition, is a comprehensive volume addressing the technical, organizational and management issues confronted by healthcare professionals in the selection, implementation and management of healthcare information systems.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering by Andrea Matta
Publication Date: 2013
The International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE) provided a timely opportunity to discuss statistical analysis and operations management issues in health care delivery systems.
Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery by Panos M. Pardalos
Publication Date: 2013
This book presents some recent systems engineering and mathematical tools for health care along with their real-world applications by health care practitioners and engineers.
Trends in EU Health Care Systems by Win de Gooijer
Publication Date: 2007
This is critical reading for health care managers and policymakers, politicians and insurors - anyone looking to Europe to understand this far-reaching evolution.

Lean Healthcare

Complete List of Lean Healthcare eBooks

Complete List of Six Sigma & Healthcare eBooks

Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals: Improving Patient Safety, Patient Flow and the Bottom Line, Second Edition by Jay Arthur
ISBN: 9781259641084
Publication Date: 2016-08-04
This thoroughly revised resource shows, step-by-step, how to simplify, streamline, analyze, and optimize healthcare performance using tested Lean Six Sigma and change management techniques. Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals, Second Edition, follows the patient from the front door of the hospital or emergency room all the way through discharge.
Meaningful Healthcare Experience Design by Scott Goodwin
ISBN: 9781498726979
Publication Date: 2020-05-10
This book offers a new perspective on improving healthcare that draws inspiration from sources as diverse as American healthcare history, Lean Six Sigma, patient experience, employee engagement, clinical microsystems, physician burnout, and industrial design thinking.
Essentials for the Improvement of Healthcare Using Lean and Six Sigma by D. H. Stamatis
ISBN: 9780429251115
Publication Date: 2010-11-30
Essentials for the Improvement of Healthcare Using Lean & Six Sigma is all about real and immediate quality improvement. Written by D.H. Stamatis, a renowned expert in organizational development and quality, the book addresses concerns that can be ameliorated with minimal government intervention.
Lean Six Sigma Case Studies in the Healthcare Enterprise by Sandra L. Futerer
Publication Date: 2013
This book provides a detailed description of how to apply Lean Six Sigma in the health care industry, with a special emphasis on process improvement and operations management in hospitals.
Lean Thinking for Healthcare by Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Publication Date: 2013
Lean Principles for Healthcare presents a conceptual framework, management principles, and practical tools for professionals tasked with designing and implementing modern, streamlined healthcare systems or overhauling faulty ones.
Utilizing the 3Ms of Process Improvement by Richard Morrow
ISBN: 9781439895658
Publication Date: 2017-07-27
Why is it that some improvement efforts succeed while others fail despite robust change management programs and the often do-or-die pressure to improve? Quite simply, there are three elements that separate those that succeed from those that fail. They are the 3Ms Measure, Manage to Measure, and Make-it-Easy.Complete with forms, templates, and case