Management Engineering: A Guide to Best Practices for Industrial Engineering in Health Care
- 5h 58m
- Jean Ann Larson (ed)
- CRC Press
- 2014
- Focuses on techniques that can be implemented easily in most organizations
- Provides case studies that illustrate application of the tools and techniques
- Includes tools to help readers document and communicate
- Discusses Lean and other process improvement methodologies utilized by management engineers
- Contains the contributions of accomplished healthcare process engineers and process improvement professionals
Increasing costs and higher utilization of resources make the role of process improvement more important than ever in the health care industry. Management Engineering: A Guide to Best Practices for Industrial Engineering in Health Care provides an overview of the practice of industrial engineering (management engineering) in the health care industry.
Explaining how to maximize the unique skills of management engineers in a health care setting, the book provides guidance on tried and true techniques that can be implemented easily in most organizations. Filled with tools and documents to help readers communicate more effectively, it includes many examples and case studies that illustrate the proper application of these tools and techniques.
Containing the contributions of accomplished healthcare process engineers and process improvement professionals, the book examines Lean, Six Sigma, and other process improvement methodologies utilized by management engineers. Illustrating the various roles an industrial engineer might take on in health care, it provides readers with the practical understanding required to make the most of time-tested performance improvement tools in the health care industry.
Suitable for IE students and practicing industrial engineers considering a move into the health care industry, or current healthcare industrial engineers wishing to expand their practice, the text can be used as a reference to explore individual topics, as each of the chapters stands on its own. Also, senior healthcare executives will find that the book provides insights into how the practice of management engineering can provide sustainable improvements in their organizations. To get a good overview of how your organization can best benefit from the efforts of industrial engineers, this book is a must-read.
About the Editor
Dr. Jean Ann Larson is President and Principal Consultant at J. A. Larson & Associates. Dr. Larson is an experienced executive who partners with business owners, leaders, executive teams, and individuals to help them become more productive while bringing innovation into their businesses and lives through business consulting, facilitation, speaking and executive development and coaching engagements.
Jean Ann has led organizational, professional and business transformations for over two and a half decades. She has served as an internal process engineer and consultant, a change agent, and Chief Learning Officer, founding an award winning and respected corporate university. She also served as a Senior Executive of two large healthcare organizations where she has led the functions of organizational effectiveness, process improvement, executive development, talent management, team building, employee engagement, accreditation, quality, strategic development facilitation as well as several clinical areas.
Jean Ann has a degree in industrial engineering from Wichita State University, an international MBA from the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management and in 2011 she received her doctorate in organization change from Pepperdine University with an emphasis on personal, professional and organizational transitions. She has written, edited and published books and many articles on process redesign, process improvement, leadership organization change and transition. She is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences on process redesign, change management, leadership, transformation, cultural change, learning and organization development.
In this Book
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Management Engineering: A Best Practices Guide to Industrial Engineering in Healthcare
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It's not About the Tools: The Management Engineer's Role in Achieving Significant, Sustainable Change
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What IEs Need to Know about Change Management
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An Overview of Management Engineering and Best Practices for Management Engineering Departments
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A Case Study of a High Functioning Management Engineering Department
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Budget, Cost, and Performance Improvement Approaches Used by a Highly Effective ME Department
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Founding a Management Engineering Consulting Firm
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Instigating Change and Engaging Teams
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Raising Your Project Management IQ
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Workforce Management
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Staffing and Scheduling
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Understanding Nursing Care Models: Industrial Engineering Healthcare Book
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Facilitation Techniques
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Process Redesign in Healthcare
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Total Quality Management and the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award
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Six Sigma
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Lean in Healthcare
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Operations Analysis and Operations Research
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Data Collection, Analysis, and Presentation
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Benchmarking
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Facility Planning: The Role of the Industrial Engineer
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Assessing the ROI and Benefits of New Technology
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Information and Technology Systems Analysis, Evaluation, and Selection
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RFI and RFP Process: How to Organize the Consultant Hiring Process
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Flowcharting
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Value Stream Mapping in Healthcare
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Statistical and Mathematical Analysis in a Healthcare Setting
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Human Factors
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Using Human Factors Engineering to Improve Root Cause Analysis Efforts
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Throughput and Cycle Time Reduction
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Simulation in Healthcare
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Industrial Engineers in Public Health
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On Leaving a Legacy
