Health care operations management; a quantitative approach to business and logistics.9780763750510 Health care operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. ; a quantitative approach to business and logistics. Langabeer, James James, person in the Bible James, in the Gospel of St. Luke, kinsman of St. Jude. The original does not specify the relationship. James, rivers, United States James. R. Jones & Bartlett 2008 438 pages $79.95 Hardcover RA971 In this text, Langabeer (management, U. of Texas School of Public Health at Houston Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; ), who has served as a senior-level manager at two academic medical centers, details the aspects of operations management for healthcare organizations, including hospitals, clinics, multiple-hospital systems, and other facilities with an integrated delivery network. Using a framework based around operations and logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet , he focuses on the operational components of business management (a topic not extensively covered in healthcare texts), such as supply chain management, business process and service design, quality and inventory management, technology and systems, operational planning and scheduling, performance improvement, and pharmaceutical operations management. He aims to illustrate sound management and the use of business strategy and logistics to create a competitive advantage in organizations. The text is meant for university courses in healthcare management at all levels, and healthcare administrators, clinical support managers, and supply chain professionals. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , OR) |
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