Description
Medical automation is an emerging area that is bringing the efficiency tools and methods developed by our most successful corporations to the practice of medicine. Presenting a new systems engineering approach to controlling medical processes, this cutting-edge resource shows you how to reduce time, cost, and errors by at least 50%. The book offers you a solid understanding of medical automation principles and the latest applications in the field. You discover how computers and devices can be used to schedule personnel and services, and help maintain a just-in-time, lean, and more affordable medical services. You learn how to automate your pharmacy and laboratory services for maximum profit and minimum turnaround time. Moreover, this forward-looking book helps you determine how nanotechnology is evolving to solve difficult medical challenges. This practical volume explains how hospitals are automating their pharmacy supply systems to reduce waiting time for medications and virtually eliminate mis-dosing, delayed dosing, or incorrect dosing of patients. The book also shows you how to automate your clinical laboratory, helping you decrease the need for rapid (or STAT) testing, eliminate the shortage of trained medical technologists, and increase profitability without the need to increase costs.
Table Of Contents
Process Approach to Medical Automation.Introduction to Process Automation Principles. Process Management and Quality Control Tools. Process Optimization Tools. Process Automation Tools. Medical Automation System Design and Integration. Mathematical Modeling, Analysis and Control for Medical Automation.Introduction to Methods for Mathematical Modeling. Mathematical Modeling for Medical Automation. Dynamics Analysis of Medical Automation Systems. Advanced Control for Medical Automation Systems. Application to Molecular Diagnosis Automation. Applications of Medical Automation. Laboratory Automation Systems and Components. Pharmacy Automation Technologies. Automation Technologies in the Operating Room. Automation Technologies in the Supply Chain. Automated Patient Monitoring in Intensive Care. Telemedicine Technologies. Automated In-Home Patient Monitoring. Communications and Information Technologies Supporting Medical Automation.Introduction to Connected Medicine (Wired and Wireless).IT Networks, Data Management, and Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Laboratory Management Information Systems(LIMS).; To view complete TOC:; Click Google Preview button under book title above, then click on Contents tab.;
Author
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Majd Alwan
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Robin Felder
Robin Felder is director of the Medical Automation Research Center and Professor of Pathology at the University of Virginia. Dr. Felder founded the Association for Laboratory Automation, and was founding Editor of the Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation, a peer reviewed journal that has been published for over six years. He is also the coeditor of Life Science Automation Fundamentals and Applications (Artech House, 2007), coauthor over 290 papers, and has been awarded 11 patents. Professor Felder also serves on the Board of seven medical and biotechnology companies. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Georgetown University, and did his postdoctoral work at the National Institutes of Mental Health.
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Mingjun Zhang
Mingjun Zhang is an R&D engineer for Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, California, where his work is focused on quantitative and automation approaches to life sciences and includes DNA gene-chip and protein microarray fabrication, modeling and control of drug delivery systems, and molecular diagnostics. He is Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automated Science and Engineering, a member of the Nanomedicine Editorial Board. Dr. Zhang is also the coeditor of Life Science Automation Fundamentals and Applications (Artech House, 2007). He was awarded the first Early Career Award for industrial professionals by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in 2003. He received his D.Sc. from Washington University in St. Louis and his Ph.D. from Zhejiang University, China.