"A resource covering the delivery of all healthcare services, this handbook provides the collective source to promote and facilitate integrated system solutions for healthcare. Written from a systems engineering perspective, it provides theoretical foundations, methodologies, and case studies in each main sector of healthcare delivery systems for designing, assessing, optimizing, and managing each healthcare outcome. It covers the state-of-the-art in modern technologies and offers a comprehensive description of the healthcare delivery system from the macro level (e.g. hospitals) to the micro level (e.g. operation room)"--Provided by publisher.