Academic Articles & Research Papers

Healthcare Management Engineering In Action

A Comprehensive Survey on Healthcare Management

A systematic perspective on the applications of big data analytics in healthcare management

The exponential growth in the data collected in the form of electronic health records, registries, or wearable sensors has bought a big data revolution in the health industry. A large amount of information is required to be extracted from t...

Innovations in Healthcare Management

Supply chain management encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics. Importantly, it also includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners, which can be...

Healthcare management and leadership roles

Within the changes in healthcare system across the years, new challenges emerge for healthcare practitioners, organisations, and their management boards, so the recognition of the need for different health professionals in healthcare manage...

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Intersectionality and Healthcare Management

The following chapter underscores how healthcare organizations and management, in order to continue the fight against health inequities, must adopt intersectional approaches in research, education, and practice. The inclusion of intersectio...

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Intelligent Systems for Healthcare Management and Delivery

"This book explores relevant and advanced methodological, technological and scientific approaches related to the application of sophisticated exploitation of artificial intelligence in intelligent systems for healthcare management and deliv...

Using mobile phones in healthcare management for the elderly

A Review of the Healthcare-Management (Modeling) Literature Published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

Healthcare systems throughout the world are under pressure to widen access, improve efficiency and quality of care, and reduce inequity. Achieving these conflicting goals requires innovative approaches, utilizing new technologies, data anal...

Hospital Information System Utilization in Iran: a Qualitative Study

Hospital information system (HIS) should ideally allow different forms of data to be stored and used for decision making by clinicians and managers alike. This system has been developed since the early 1980's, and many hospitals gradually c...

Cuba's Community Health Services：Introduction and Implications to China

Cuba has a three-level healthcare system, and offers free universal healthcare, of which community health services occupy a decisive position. Cuba has accumulated abundant experience in implementing public health services, primary healthca...

Policy Recommendations for Information Prescribing to Heart Failure Patients to Reduce Readmissions, Mortality, and Costs

Introduction: Heart failure is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality, with frequent readmissions mainly due to poor self-care knowledge and low medication adherence. These readmissions increase healthcare costs and reduce patient...

Clinical Features and Pathogenesis of Noma: A Narrative Review Highlighting the Emerging Strategies for Prevention and Management

Noma, also known as cancrum oris, is a rapidly progressive gangrenous infection that affects the oral and facial tissues of malnourished children in impoverished regions, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease typically begins as a...

Physician’s changes in management of return visits to the Emergency Department

Return visits to the Emergency Department (ED) are estimated between 2-3.1%, which impacts ED care costs and wait times. Adverse events for unscheduled return visits (URVs) have been reported to be as high as 30%. The objective of this stud...

Is lower back pain a growing issue in Pakistani adult population?

Dear Editor, Low back pain (LBP) is not a disease itself, but it can be a sign of number of a number of conditions, such as pain near the midline, which can occasionally be localized sometimes, and occur between the inferior gluteal folds...

Functional limitations and coping mechanisms of women aged 60 years and older with self-reported hand osteoarthritis

Background: Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) is common in older women who seem to cope with the associated limitations in hand function. The importance of identifying coping mechanisms within a local context might have implications for interventio...

Incidental findings, genetic screening and the challenge of personalisation

Genetic tests frequently produce more information than is initially expected. Several documents have addressed this issue and offer suggestions regarding how this information should be managed and, in particular, concerning the expedience o...