Although lean production (LP) is usually associated with complexity reduction, it has been
increasingly applied in highly complex socio-technical systems (CSS)(eg healthcare), in …

Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is the most severe form of lung
injury, rendering gaseous exchange insufficient, leading to respiratory failure. Despite over …

To explore the coordination problem of the “gatekeeper” medical system, a referral game
model between general hospitals and community hospitals within the system was …

At the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems of Systems Engineering, Boardman
and Sauser presented a set of characteristics based on an integrative review of the …

This chapter investigates the complex security challenges that arise in healthcare
informatics, with a particular emphasis on data protection and confidentiality. This …

Healthcare Service Systems may use and support evidence-based medicine, and to
accomplish that, their design has to be patient-centered focusing on quality of evidence and …

The Lean philosophy is increasingly being applied to the healthcare industry in order to
improve the quality of care and reduce costs. This study presents a systematic literature …

Our understanding of enterprise systems (ES) is gradually evolving towards a sense of
design which leverages multidisciplinary bodies of knowledge that may bolster hybrid …

Lean methodology influences organizational culture, necessitating protocol and procedure
modifications and fostering inter-staff cooperation. Thus, this study aims to analyze …

Abstract Systems of systems (SoSs) engineering is a recent and rapidly expanding area of
systems engineering as more SoSs are identified, studied, and developed in society. SoSs …