Understanding and Managing the Complexity of Healthcare

Series Foreword

Engineering Systems is an emerging field that is at the intersection of engineering , management, and the social sciences. Designing complex technological systems requires not only traditional engineering skills, but also knowledge of public policy issues and awareness of societal norms and preferences. In order to meet the challenges of rapid technological change and of scaling systems in size, scope, and complexity, Engineering Systems promotes the development of new approaches, frameworks, and theories to analyze and design these systems. This new academic field seeks to expand the set of problems addressed by engineers, and draws on work in the following fields as well as others: • Technology and Policy • Systems Engineering • System and Decision Analysis, Operations Research • Engineering Management, Innovation, Entrepreneurship • Manufacturing, Product Development, Industrial Engineering The Engineering Systems Series will reflect the dynamism of this emerging field and is intended to provide a unique and effective venue for publication of textbooks and scholarly works that push forward research and education in Engineering Systems. Series Editorial Board: Joel Moses, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair Richard de Neufville, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Manuel Heitor, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, Stanford University William Rouse, Stevens Institute of Technology Series Foreword ...