Health efficiency: how can engineering be a player in health organization?

Front Cover
 Health Efficiency: How Can Engineering be a Player in Health Organization?
 Copyright Page
 Contents
 Acknowledgments
 Preface
 Part 1: Health Technology Coordination Approach
 Introduction to Part 1
 1. Forward Vision of Technologies and Health Knowledge
 1.1. Issue: justifying the value of health technologies
 1.2. Which technologies for which health knowledge?
 1.3. Contribution of technologies to health knowledge
 1.4. Learning transformations
 1.5. Economic issues
 1.6. The data question
 1.7. Conclusion
 1.8. References 2. Coordination Between Professionals: a Public Health Issue2.1. Circumscribing the notions of coordination, pathways and complexity
 2.2. Identifying the structural elements of pathway coordination
 2.3. Mobilizing together
 2.4. Coordinate around the person
 2.5. An interpretation of reality
 2.6. References
 Part 2: Optimization of Flows within a Hospital
 Introduction to Part 2
 3. Decision Support Methods for Efficient Flow Management in Medical Device Sterilization Departments
 3.1. Context and motivation
 3.2. Sterilization departments for medical devices
 3.3. Our contributions 3.4. Our outlook3.5. References
 4. Prediction of Hospital Flows Based on Influenza Epidemics and Meteorological Factors
 4.1. Introduction
 4.2. Method
 4.3. Results
 4.4. Discussion
 4.5. Conclusion
 4.6. References
 Part 3: Oncology and Technology
 Introduction to Part 3
 5. Cancer Care Pathway: How Technological Advances are Helping to Address Coordination Challenges
 5.1. Contextual element: current management of cancer patients
 5.2. Challenges of the development of ambulatory care
 5.3. Care pathway
 5.4. Inter-functional coordination
 5.5. Patient-reported outcome (PRO) information 5.6. Limits of coordination and the place of communication tools5.7. Specifications for communication tools?
 5.8. What are the guidelines for connected tools?
 5.9. Internet-connected tools and information systems
 5.10. Digital tools and the human element
 5.11. Coordinated follow-up, Internet-connected medicine and impact on patient survival
 5.12. Conclusion
 5.13. References
 6. Optimization Issues in Chemotherapy Delivery
 6.1. Background presentation
 6.2. Production planning issues
 6.3. Modeling the scheduling problem
 6.4. Problem linked to the consideration of residues 6.5. Consideration of distribution6.6. Conclusion
 6.7. Acknowledgments
 6.8. References
 Part 4: Age-appropriate Technologies
 Introduction to Part 4
 7. Comparison of Two Hospitalization Admission Pathways in Geriatrics, Either Directly through a Telephone Line or Hotline or After
 7.1. Introduction
 7.2. Materials and methodology
 7.3. Study results
 7.4. Discussion
 7.5. Conclusion
 7.6. References
 8. Therapeutic Education for the Patient over 75 Years Old Living at Home
 8.1. Introduction
 8.2. Materials and methodology
 8.3. Results
 8.4. Discussion
 8.5. Conclusion
 8.6. References