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View article: Central Challenges in Modeling and Analyzing Enterprises as Systems
Central Challenges in Modeling and Analyzing Enterprises as Systems Open
Twelve major systems engineering and management challenges are posed. These challenges need to be addressed successfully if the promises of information technology and knowledge management are to be realized. These challenges concern our ab…
View article: Methods for Integrating Dynamic Requirements and Emerging Technologies
Methods for Integrating Dynamic Requirements and Emerging Technologies Open
Engineering involves designing solutions to meet the needs of markets or missions. Organizations would like to have the flexibility and agility to address both uncertain needs and uncertain technologies for meeting these needs. This chapte…
View article: Recent Advances in Systems and Network Medicine: Meeting Report from the First International Conference in Systems and Network Medicine
Recent Advances in Systems and Network Medicine: Meeting Report from the First International Conference in Systems and Network Medicine Open
The First International Conference in Systems and Network Medicine gathered together 200 global thought leaders, scientists, clinicians, academicians, industry and government experts, medical and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars an…
View article: Service supply chains for population health: Overcoming fragmentation of service delivery ecosystems
Service supply chains for population health: Overcoming fragmentation of service delivery ecosystems Open
Introduction Population health involves integration of health, education, and social services to keep a defined population healthy, to address health challenges holistically, and to assist with the realities of being mortal. The fragmentat…
View article: Vision for a systems architecture to integrate and transform population health
Vision for a systems architecture to integrate and transform population health Open
Entities involved in population health often share a common mission while acting independently of one another and perhaps redundantly. Population health is in everybody’s interest, but nobody is really in charge of promoting it. Across gov…
View article: Forecasting innovations in science, technology, and education
Forecasting innovations in science, technology, and education Open
Human survival depends on our ability to predict future outcomes so that we can make informed decisions. Human cognition and perception are optimized for local, short-term decision-making, such as deciding when to fight or flight, whom to …
View article: BUILDING A TRANSITIONAL CARE MODEL (TCM) POLICY FLIGHT SIMULATOR
BUILDING A TRANSITIONAL CARE MODEL (TCM) POLICY FLIGHT SIMULATOR Open
To evaluate the potential of a TCM policy flight simulator to engage individual health systems in making informed decisions regarding the adoption of TCM and increase their confidence in the decision to adopt. The TCM policy flight simulat…
View article: POLICY FLIGHT SIMULATORS: ACCELERATING DECISIONS TO ADOPT EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
POLICY FLIGHT SIMULATORS: ACCELERATING DECISIONS TO ADOPT EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH INTERVENTIONS Open
The purpose of this study was to explore the economic impact of the use of the Transitional Care Model (TCM) using publicly available CMS data on 3000+ hospitals in the U.S. and TCM data. Four simulations explored the: 1) magnitude of read…
View article: WHAT FACTORS ARE IMPORTANT WHEN DECIDING TO ADOPT THE EVIDENCE-BASED TRANSITIONAL CARE MODEL (TCM)?
WHAT FACTORS ARE IMPORTANT WHEN DECIDING TO ADOPT THE EVIDENCE-BASED TRANSITIONAL CARE MODEL (TCM)? Open
The Transitional Care Model (TCM) has been rigorously tested in multiple clinical trials but the adoption of this EBI has been one system at a time. The purpose of the first study was to describe key themes important to the decision to ado…
View article: Developing a Policy Flight Simulator to Facilitate the Adoption of an Evidence-Based Intervention
Developing a Policy Flight Simulator to Facilitate the Adoption of an Evidence-Based Intervention Open
While the use of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) has been advocated by the medical research community for quite some time, uptake of these interventions by healthcare providers has been slow. One possible explanation is that it is chal…
View article: Modeling research universities: Predicting probable futures of public vs. private and large vs. small research universities
Modeling research universities: Predicting probable futures of public vs. private and large vs. small research universities Open
The future of the American academic research enterprise is considered. Data are presented that characterize the resources available for the 160 best-resourced research universities, a small subset of the 2,285 4-year, nonprofit, higher edu…
View article: Assessing location attractiveness for manufacturing automobiles
Assessing location attractiveness for manufacturing automobiles Open
Purpose: Evaluating country manufacturing location attractiveness on various performance measures deepens the analysis and provides a more informed basis for manufacturing site selection versus reliance on labor rates alone. A short list o…
View article: Learning in the health care enterprise
Learning in the health care enterprise Open
Introduction The overall enterprise of health care delivery is considered. The 4 levels of the enterprise include clinical practices, processes that provide capabilities and information, structure that includes the business entities involv…
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To his colleagues, his friends, and especially the faculty and students of MIT, of which he was the President from 1990 to 2004, Charles Vest was the ultimate role model.His intellect, his kindness, and his fairness have changed the profes…
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View article: Front Matter
Front Matter Open
The prelims comprise: Half-Title Page Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface