Value-based Learning Healthcare Systems

Bernard P. Zeigler is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona, USA.Mamadou Kaba Traore heads the Web & Mobile Software Engineering MSc degree at University of Clermont Auvergne, France.Grégory Zacharewicz is Full Professor at the National Institute of Mines and Telecom (IMT) - Mines of Alès Engineering School, France.Raphaël Duboz is a researcher in integrative modeling and simulation at the International Research Center in Agronomy and partnership for the Development (CIRAD), France.

• Part I - Modeling and simulation framework for value-based healthcare systemsChapter 1: Healthcare systems modeling and simulationChapter 2: Multi-perspective architecture for holistic healthcare M&SChapter 3: Formalization of the multi-perspective architectureChapter 4: Methodological elements for simulation-based healthcare management Part II - Modeling and simulation of pathways-based care coordinationChapter 5: DEVS methodology for coordination modelingChapter 6: Care coordination and pathways-based experimental framesChapter 7: Pathways-based care coordination simulation exampleChapter 8: Health information technology support for pathways-based care Part III - Application of the frameworkChapter 9: Pathways-based coordination of care in rural FranceChapter 10: Surveillance of avian influenza in VietnamChapter 11: Multi-perspective modeling in relation to complex adaptive systemsChapter 12: Extending the framework to value-based coordination architecturesEpilogue: Where do we go from here - Global and National Healthcare Maturity