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Healthcare Informatics: Improving Efficiency and Productivity
by Stephan P. KudybaHealthcare Informatics: Improving Efficiency and Productivity examines the complexities involved in managing resources in our healthcare system and explains how management theory and informatics applications can increase efficiencies in various functional areas of healthcare services. Delving into data and project management and advanced analytics,
Construction Management: Subcontractor Scopes of Work
by Jason G Smith Jimmie HinzeA single mistake, whether made during the bidding process or when executing a construction project, can potentially cost tens of thousands of dollars or more. Of course, the sooner mistakes are caught, the less costly they become. Based on the authors' combined experience working on projects large and small, Construction Management: Subcontractor S
Optimization of Regional Industrial Structures and Applications
by Yaoguo Dang Sifeng Liu Yuhong WangBased on research projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Optimization of Regional Industrial Structures and Applications provides an authoritative introduction to and survey of the cutting-edge research and applications in industrial structure optimization. Empl
Closed-Loop Supply Chains: New Developments to Improve the Sustainability of Business Practices
by Mark E. Ferguson Gilvan C. SouzaClosed-loop supply chain activities such as remanufacturing, recycling, dismantling for spare parts, and reverse logistics have helped many companies tap into new revenue streams by finding secondary markets for their products, all while reducing their overall carbon footprint. Written by academic experts, in language that is accessible to practitioners, this authoritative resource examines recent research and case studies of companies running profitable reuse/remanufacture operations in various industries. It illustrates profitable practices in returned and recovered products, clearly explaining how to: design a reverse logistics network, conduct production planning, implement effective marketing strategies, and apply closed-loop supply chain strategies in industries besides manufacturing. From product development to materials to assembly and profitability, this complete resource explores the impact of these processes across all aspects of the supply chain.
The Managed Care Contracting Handbook: Planning & Negotiating the Managed Care Relationship
by Maria K. ToddManaged care contracting is a process that frustrates even the best administrators. However, to ignore this complexity is to do so at your own expense. You don‘t necessarily need to bear the cost of overpriced legal advice, but you do need to know what questions to ask, what clauses to avoid, what contingencies to cover ... and when to ask a lawyer
RFID and Sensor Networks: Architectures, Protocols, Security, and Integrations
by Yan Zhang Laurence T. Yang Jiming ChenThe escalating demand for ubiquitous computing along with the complementary and flexible natures of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have sparked an increase in the integration of these two dynamic technologies. Although a variety of applications can be observed under development and in practical use, there
Healthcare Informatics: Improving Efficiency and Productivity
by Stephan P. KudybaHealthcare Informatics: Improving Efficiency and Productivity examines the complexities involved in managing resources in our healthcare system and explains how management theory and informatics applications can increase efficiencies in various functional areas of healthcare services. Delving into data and project management and advanced analytics,
Project Management Tools and Techniques for Success
by Christine B. TayntorEmphasizing that it's much easier and more cost effective to make changes in the planning phases of a project rather than later on, Project Management Tools and Techniques for Success provides an accessible introduction to project management fundamentals. Highlighting approaches for avoiding common pitfalls, it begins with an introduction to p
What Works for GE May Not Work for You: Using Human Systems Dynamics to Build a Culture of Process Improvement
by Lawrence Solow Brenda FakeWhat Works for GE May Not Work for You: Using Human Systems Dynamics to Build a Culture of Process Improvement provides new tools for managing and sustaining process improvement in today‘s complex non-linear environments and helps readers apply new, relevant theory to their own management practices. With more than 50 combined years of change manage
Turning the World Upside Down: The search for global health in the 21st Century
by Nigel CrispTurning the World Upside Down is a search to understand what is happening and what it means for us all. It is based on Nigel Crisp's own journey from running the largest health system in the world to working in some of the poorest countries, and draws upon his own experiences to explore new ideas and innovations around the world.The book has three
The Elements of Private Investigation: An Introduction to the Law, Techniques, and Procedures
by Anthony ManleyIn today‘s increasingly litigious society, the threat of a private investigator (PI) being hit with a civil lawsuit or even criminal charges is very real. Keeping up with the multitude of laws that impact what investigators can and can‘t do can be daunting but could prove very costly if ignored.Emphasizing legal and liability issues, The Elements o
Terrorism and Public Safety Policing: Implications for the Obama Presidency
by James F. PastorThe trends, data, and battle-tested logic don't lie. A perfect storm of extremist ideologies is on the horizon that threatens to challenge the current state of public safety forcing police chiefs, public administrators, and security professionals to rethink their approach to policing the streets of America. Professor James Pastor, a recognized auth
The A3 Workbook: Unlock Your Problem-Solving Mind
by Daniel D. MatthewsEncouraging efficiency, clarity, and disciplined thinking, A3 Problem Solving identifies a problem, describes the objective, and summarizes fact finding and action steps, all on a single A3-sized piece of paper. This approach provides all employees at all levels with a method to quickly identify a problem, analyze it to root cause, select appropria
Flexibility: Flexible Companies for the Uncertain World
by Gill EapenWe are in an era of high volatility and uncertain outcomes, driven by accelerating technologies, shortened product cycles, fast-changing information, an increasingly mobile workforce, more demanding customers, complex financial markets, ad-hoc public policies, and many other factors that add layers of uncertainty to all future possibilities. While
Monte Carlo Methods and Models in Finance and Insurance
by Ralf Korn Elke Korn Gerald KroisandtOffering a unique balance between applications and calculations, Monte Carlo Methods and Models in Finance and Insurance incorporates the application background of finance and insurance with the theory and applications of Monte Carlo methods. It presents recent methods and algorithms, including the multilevel Monte Carlo method, the statistical Rom
Theory of Science and Technology Transfer and Applications
by Sifeng Liu Zhigeng Fang Hongxing Shi Benhai GuoConstructive Suggestions for Efficiently Implementing Technology Transfer Theory of Science and Technology Transfer and Applications presents the mechanisms, features, effects, and modes of technology transfer. It addresses the measurement, cost, benefit, optimal allocation, and game theory of technology transfer, along with the dynamics of the tec
Lean Higher Education: Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes
by William K. BalzerIn an environment of diminishing resources, growing enrollment, and increasing expectations of accountability, Lean Higher Education: Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes provides the understanding and the tools required to return education to the consumers it was designed to serve the students. It supplies a unifying framew
Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program
by Rebecca HeroldStarting with the inception of an education program and progressing through its development, implementation, delivery, and evaluation, Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program, Second Edition provides authoritative coverage of nearly everything needed to create an effective training program that is compliant with
Entrepreneurship for Engineers
by Kenji UchinoEntrepreneurs have led economies out of downturns in the last 100 years and evidence points to this trend continuing into the future. In fact, regardless of country or economic conditions, entrepreneurial enterprises are on the rise. High-tech start-ups, where innovation, dedication, collaboration, and pure genius align into a successful enterprise
Successful Collaboration in Healthcare: A Guide for Physicians, Nurses and Clinical Documentation Specialists
by Colleen StukenbergThis critically acclaimed work makes the case for collaboration and shows that it can be greatly enhanced with conscious understanding and systematic effort. As a healthcare specialist who has worn many hats from direct care giver to case manager to documentation specialist, Colleen Stukenberg is able toShow how to build trust and communicat
Implementing TWI: Creating and Managing a Skills-Based Culture
by Patrick Graupp Robert J. WronaFeaturing strategies employed in Lean, this volume describes the experiences of organizations using TWI more than 60 years after the Training Within Industry program turned the U.S. into the industrial giant that won World War II. Based on their experience implementing TWI in organizations as diverse as Virginia Mason Medical Center and Donnelly Ma
The Executive MBA in Information Security
by Jr., John TrinckesAccording to the Brookings Institute, an organization's information and other intangible assets account for over 80 percent of its market value. As the primary sponsors and implementers of information security programs, it is essential for those in key leadership positions to possess a solid understanding of the constantly evolving fundamental conc
Cloud Computing: Technologies and Strategies of the Ubiquitous Data Center
by Brian J.S. Chee Curtis Franklin Jr.Modern computing is no longer about devices but is all about providing services, a natural progression that both consumers and enterprises are eager to embrace. As it can deliver those services, efficiently and with quality, at compelling price levels, cloud computing is with us to stay. Ubiquitously and quite definitively, cloud computing is
Cloud Computing Strategies
by Dimitris N. ChorafasA guide to managing cloud projects, Cloud Computing Strategies provides the understanding required to evaluate the technology and determine how it can be best applied to improve business and enhance your overall corporate strategy. Based on extensive research, it examines the opportunities and challenges that loom in the cloud. It explain
Vein Pattern Recognition: A Privacy-Enhancing Biometric
by Chuck WilsonAs one of the most promising biometric technologies, vein pattern recognition (VPR) is quickly taking root around the world and may soon dominate applications where people focus is key. Among the reasons for VPR‘s growing acceptance and use: it is more accurate than many other biometric methods, it offers greater resistance to spoofing, it focuses