TY - CHAP AU - Hiroshi Nakajima ED - Krzysztof Śmigórski Y1 - 2011-12-14 PY - 2011 T1 - Smart Health Management Technology N2 - The development in our understanding of health management ensures unprecedented possibilities in terms of explaining the causes of diseases and effective treatment. However, increased capabilities create new issues. Both, researchers and clinicians, as well as managers of healthcare units face new challenges: increasing validity and reliability of clinical trials, effectively distributing medical products, managing hospitals and clinics flexibly, and managing treatment processes efficiently. The aim of this book is to present issues relating to health management in a way that would be satisfying for academicians and practitioners. It is designed to be a forum for the experts in the thematic area to exchange viewpoints, and to present health management's state-of-art as a scientific and professional domain. BT - Health Management SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/22408 DO - 10.5772/22408 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -