Operations Management for Healthcare

This fully updated edition of the bestselling textbook on Health Service Operations Management provides an invaluable reference for students and researchers in healthcare management, operations management, and patient flow logistics. It covers theoretical frameworks and practical case studies, including hospital planning and supply chain management, quality assurance, and performance management. It guides healthcare students and professionals through practical tools and resources to address challenging scenarios, such as trade-offs between waiting times, efficient use of resources, quality of care, and the total system.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 340 pages
Publication date: 25 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This extensively revised and highly acclaimed textbook on Health Service Operations Management serves as an indispensable resource for students and scholars engaged in the fields of healthcare management, operations management, and patient flow logistics. Incorporating theoretical frameworks and a comprehensive collection of practical case studies, this book also delves into topics such as hospital planning and supply chain management in healthcare, quality assurance and performance management.

Healthcare managers navigate a complex landscape, where they must strike a delicate balance between various factors. They must consider the trade-offs between waiting times for patients, efficient utilization of limited resources, the pursuit of high-quality care, the holistic perspective of the healthcare system, and the collaboration among providers within a network. This book equips healthcare students and professionals with a range of practical tools and resources, spanning from simple queueing models to intricate analytical models, to address these complex challenges.

The book is designed to cater to both undergraduate and postgraduate audiences. At the undergraduate level, it serves as a foundational text, introducing concepts, definitions, and approaches to health service operations management. At the postgraduate level, it enables students to apply operations management principles to real-world problems in healthcare practice. It will serve as a primary textbook for a health service operations management course module in a Master's program in healthcare management.

In conclusion, this fully updated edition of the bestselling textbook on Health Service Operations Management is a vital resource for anyone seeking to excel in the fields of healthcare management, operations management, and patient flow logistics. With its comprehensive coverage, theoretical frameworks, and practical case studies, it provides students and professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the complex challenges of the healthcare industry and deliver high-quality care to patients.

Weight: 528g
Dimension: 155 x 232 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367895952
Edition number: 2 ed