DocumentCode
1894853
Title
Transforming Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities
Author
Sainfort, Francois
Author_Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology, Director, Institute for Health Systems Engineering, Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Programs, College of Engineering, William W. George Professor of Health Systems, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineer
fYear
2006
fDate
21-23 June 2006
Abstract
Dr. Sainfort will present challenges and opportunities related to applying systems engineering and management sciences approaches to transforming health care delivery systems from a current ineffective, reactive, disease-focused system to a future cost-effective, proactive, health-and wellness-focused system. Dr. Sainfort will provide background on the healthcare industry, present possible solution approaches and describe challenges and opportunities.
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2006. SOLI '06. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Shanghai
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0317-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SOLI.2006.329102
Filename
4125539
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