Transforming Healthcare Infrastructure
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2025
Book
Hardback
306 pages
978-1-032-84559-3 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years, unprecedented demographic aging has placed considerable strain on outdated healthcare systems, exacerbating existing challenges and creating new ones. Geriatric care, in particular, necessitates a multidisciplinary approach involving architects and engineers alongside healthcare professionals. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital healthcare, nanotechnology, and additive manufacturing offer promising avenues for systematic improvements in healthcare delivery. Transforming Healthcare Infrastructure addresses the issues of demographic aging and embracing digital transformations such as artificial intelligence and offers timely insights into the evolving landscape of healthcare. It also emphasizes the necessity for all stakeholders to embrace these changes for the betterment of healthcare delivery and outcomes. This book serves as a definitive resource for healthcare professionals at all levels, from frontline workers to administrators, as well as researchers and students across various disciplines. Engineers, policymakers, architects, and environmentalists within the healthcare sector will also find it indispensable.
Features:
Offers timely insights into the evolving landscape of healthcare.
Explores emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, robotics, and additive manufacturing used for healthcare solutions.
Emphasizes the necessity for all stakeholders to embrace these changes for the betterment of healthcare delivery and outcomes.
Features:
Offers timely insights into the evolving landscape of healthcare.
Explores emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, robotics, and additive manufacturing used for healthcare solutions.
Emphasizes the necessity for all stakeholders to embrace these changes for the betterment of healthcare delivery and outcomes.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Reference
Illustrations
24 s/w Tabellen, 23 farbige Zeichnungen, 1 Farbfoto bzw. farbiges Rasterbild, 24 farbige Abbildungen
24 Tables, black and white; 23 Line drawings, color; 1 Halftones, color; 24 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
649 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-84559-3 (9781032845593)
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Additional editions
David S-K. Ting | Jacqueline A. Stagner
Transforming Healthcare Infrastructure
E-Book
09/2025
CRC Press
€73.99
Available for download
David S-K. Ting | Jacqueline A. Stagner
Transforming Healthcare Infrastructure
E-Book
09/2025
CRC Press
€73.99
Available for download
Persons
David S-K. Ting studied Combustion and Turbulence, followed by Convection Heat Transfer and Fluid-Structure Interactions, prior to joining the University of Windsor. Dr. Ting is the founder of the Turbulence and Energy Laboratory and a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering. Professor Ting supervises students on a wide range of research topics including Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy. To date, he has co-supervised over 90 graduate students, co-authored more than 170 journal papers, authored five textbooks, and co-edited more than 25 volumes.
Jacqueline A. Stagner is the Undergraduate Programs Coordinator in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Windsor, and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering. Dr. Stagner co-advises students primarily in sustainable energy in the Turbulence and Energy Laboratory. Prior to working at the University of Windsor, she attained a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, a Master of Business Administration, and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. She also worked as a release engineer in the automotive industry for six years. She has co-edited ten volumes.
Jacqueline A. Stagner is the Undergraduate Programs Coordinator in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Windsor, and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering. Dr. Stagner co-advises students primarily in sustainable energy in the Turbulence and Energy Laboratory. Prior to working at the University of Windsor, she attained a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, a Master of Business Administration, and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. She also worked as a release engineer in the automotive industry for six years. She has co-edited ten volumes.
Content
1. In the Trenches: Current Challenges in Healthcare Delivery. 2. Healthcare Innovation as a Complex Adaptive System. 3. Innovation in Healthcare: Perspectives from Organizational, Societal, and Technological Dimensions. 4. Recent Initiatives in Revamping Healthcare Policies and Programmes in India: A Review of Progress and Challenges. 5. Examining the Inclusivity of India's National Urban Transport Policy for Senior Citizens. 6. Increasing Burden of Non-Communicable Disease on Health Systems in Aging Populations and Possible Approaches to Lessen the Burden. 7. New Option for the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Diseases: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation? 8. Elevating Wellness: Integrating Health, Sustainability, and Urban Vitality in Tall Building Design. 9. Replacing Harmful Plastics with Biodegradable Alternatives: Innovations and Applications in Healthcare. 10. Circular Sustainable Electronics from Design and Manufacturing to Business Models. 11. Analyzing the Healthcare Performances of EU Countries via Decision Method