Systems Engineering to Improve Traumatic Brain Injury Care in the Military Health System: Workshop Summary

National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine

doi:10.17226/12504

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Systems Engineering to Improve Traumatic Brain Injury Care in the Military Health System

Workshop Summary

(2009)

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This book makes a strong case for taking advantage of the best of two disciplines—health care and operational systems engineering (a combination of science and mathematics to describe, analyze, plan, design, and integrate systems with complex interactions among people, processes, materials, equipment, and facilities)-to improve the efficiency and quality of health care delivery, as well as health care outcomes.

Those most interested in pursuing this approach include leaders in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs, who are committed to finding ways of improving the quality of care for military personnel, veterans, and their families. Intrigued by the possibilities, DOD decided to sponsor a series of workshops to explore the potential of operational systems engineering principals and tools for military health care, beginning with the diagnosis and care of traumatic brain injury (TBI), one of the most prevalent, difficult and challenging injuries suffered by warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Contributor(s): National Academy of Engineering; Institute of Medicine; David Butler, Jessica Buono, Frederick Erdtmann, and Proctor Reid, Editors

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National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine. 2009. Systems Engineering to Improve Traumatic Brain Injury Care in the Military Health System: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/12504.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/12504

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xx
Summary	1-10
1 Introduction	11-20
2 Medical Aspects of Traumatic Brain Injury--Robert Labutta	21-30
3 Traumatic Brain Injury and the Military Health System--Michael S. Jaffee	31-48
4 Examples of Operational Systems Engineering Applications Relevant to Traumatic Brain Injury Care--William P. Pierskalla	49-68
5 Case Study Vanderbilt's Journey Toward System-Supported Practice--William W. Stead	69-80
6 Suggestions for Analysis Plans by Working Groups	81-120
Appendix A: Biographical Information	121-134
Appendix B: Issues Raised by Stakeholders about the Military Care of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury	135-140
Appendix C: Operational Systems Engineering Applications Based on Issues Raised by TBI Stakeholders	141-146
Appendix D: National Academy of Engineering/Institute of Medicine Preliminary Information-Gathering Meeting: TBI Care System Mapping	147-152
Appendix E: Workshop Agenda	153-158
Appendix F: Workshop Attendees	159-166
Appendix G: Working Groups	167-168
Appendix H: Definitions and Examples of Operational Systems Engineering Tools and Concepts	169-174

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