1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791860103321

Autore

Kenney Charles.

Titolo

Transforming health care : Virginia Mason Medical Center's pursuit of the perfect patient experience / / Charles Kenney ; foreword by Donald M. Berwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2011

ISBN

0-429-24868-7

1-4398-8721-7

1-283-00475-5

9786613004758

1-4398-6309-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BerwickDonald M <1946-> (Donald Mark)

Disciplina

362.12068

Soggetti

Health services administration - United States

Health facilities - Administration - Standards - United States

Medical care - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Contents; Foreword; Note About This Book; Preface: A Surprising Visit; Chapter One. A New Idea; Chapter Two. Journey to Japan; Chapter Three. The Blue Yarn; Chapter Four. Safety Crusade; Chapter Five. Ambulatory Care Breakthrough; Chapter Six. Transforming Procedural Care; Chapter Seven. Transforming Inpatient Care; Chapter Eight. Better, Faster, More Affordable; Chapter Nine. Management Method; Chapter Ten. The Journey Continues; Source Notes; Glossary; Appendix; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

A chronicle of one of the most unusual series of events in the history of medicine, this book tells the story a group of men and women  clinicians, administrators, frontline workers, trustees, and leaders blessed with vision, courage, and a relentless determination to improve. It is the story of a medical center transformed. Ultimately, it is the story of a new and possibly better way to take on the challenge we face in the United States today to provide superb medical care to our



people while at the same time controlling costs--Provided by publisher.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299236603321

Autore

Di Martino Beniamino

Titolo

Cloud Portability and Interoperability : Issues and Current Trends / / by Beniamino Di Martino, Giuseppina Cretella, Antonio Esposito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-13701-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (132 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Computer Science, , 2191-5768

Disciplina

003.3

004

004.6

005.1

621.382

Soggetti

Computer networks

Software engineering

Computer architecture

Electrical engineering

Computer Communication Networks

Software Engineering

Computer System Implementation

Communications Engineering, Networks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

1 Cloud Portability and Interoperability -- 2 Methodologies for Cloud Portability and Interoperability -- 3 Cross-platform Cloud APIs -- 4 Ready to go solutions -- 5 Research Initiatives and Emerging Standards.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers readers a quick, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the most important methodologies, technologies, APIs and standards related to the portability and interoperability of cloud



applications and services, illustrated by a number of use cases representing a variety of interoperability and portability scenarios. The lack of portability and interoperability between cloud platforms at different service levels is the main issue affecting cloud-based services today. The brokering, negotiation, management, monitoring and reconfiguration of cloud resources are challenging tasks for developers and users of cloud applications due to the different business models associated with resource consumption, and to the variety of services and features offered by different cloud providers. In chapter 1 the concepts of cloud portability and interoperability are introduced, together with the issues and limitations arising when such features are lacking or ignored. Subsequently, chapter 2 provides an overview of the state-of-the-art methodologies and technologies that are currently used or being explored to enable cloud portability and interoperability. Chapter 3 illustrates the main cross-platform cloud APIs and how they can solve interoperability and portability issues. In turn, chapter 4 presents a set of ready-to-use solutions which, either because of their broad-scale use in cloud computing scenarios or because they utilize established or emerging standards, play a fundamental part in providing interoperable and portable solutions. Lastly, chapter 5 presents an overview of emerging standards for cloud Interoperability and portability. Researchers and developers of cloud-based services will find here a brief survey of the relevant methodologies, APIs and standards, illustrated by case studies and complemented by an extensive reference list for more detailed descriptions of every topic covered.