Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to D Galimore.
The role of the nursing administrator in community and regional health planning and institutional program planning is illustrated. A planning systems perspective is proposed and strategies for involvement at each level are outlined. Nursing administrators who are not already involved in these phases of health care planning may be stimulated to expand their scope of participation.
Management engineering techniques have proven to be beneficial tools in the analysis and improvement of a medical organization's productive resources. Though used more extensively in the hospital setting, the techniques can be applied to medical groups as a means to furthering the quality of patient care while improving the utilization of resources. An overview of the concept of management engineering is presented through the definition of basic techniques and the illustration of projects employing these methods in the medical group practice setting.