Dimensional Management or The Physicians Guide to Disease Management

Dimensional Management: A Comprehensive Introduction

Author: Mark A Curtis

About the Author

A highly regarded and esteemed teaching professional, Dr. Mark A. Curtis began his career at Eaton Corporation where he gained significant industrial experience in tool design, inspection, manufacturing engineering, supervision, and product design. After 10 years he became a professor at the College of Technology at Ferris State University, where one of his most important achievements included launching a new baccalaureate degree program in Product Design Engineering Technology. While there, he was named Distinguished Teacher of the Year and was honored by the Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities as a Distinguished Faculty. After 17 years in academia, he assumed the position of Vice President of Engineering at Millennium Plastics Technologies, LLC, where he was put in charge of all engineering functions, systems, and personnel. Dr. Curtis returned to teaching in 1999 at Northern Michigan University as Dean of the College of Technology and Applied Sciences and Professor of Industrial Technologies. Most recently, he assumed responsibility for all two-year certificate and diploma programs when he was given the added title of Assistant Provost for Community College Programs.

Dr. Curtis has authored and illustrated two college-level textbooks, as well as completed an extensive revision of the Handbook of Dimensional Measurement, 3rd Edition. Additionally, he has administered expansive in-plant training and consulting on GD&T and dimensional measurement. Nationally recognized for his work in design and manufacturing, Dr. Curtis has been named in several Marquis' Who's Who biographical listings and in 1997 he completed a management development program at Harvard University.

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A primer for college engineering and technology students and a handbook for professionals who want to optimize the interchangeability of multi-component manufactured products. Curtis (technology and applied science, Northern Michigan U.) describes manual and computer-aided dimensioning and tolerancing techniques that can help mitigate the undesirable effects of dimensional and process variation in the design and manufacture of precision parts and assemblies. The disk requires Microsoft PowerPoint 98 and demonstrates a family of computer-aided tolerancing products. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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The Physician's Guide to Disease Management

Author: James B Couch

This book is designed to provide the physician with a working knowledge of disease management. In today's health care market where pressure is on both providers and managed care organizations to deliver high quality care to defined populations efficiently, knowledge of disease management is crucial. It includes discussions of evidence—based medicine, clinical practice guidelines, and outcomes management.

Table of Contents:

Contents: Disease Management: An Overview * Evidence-Based Medicine * Outcome-Validated Clinical Practice Guidelines * The Role of Outcomes Management in Disease Management * Information Systems for Disease Management * Disease Management: Making It Work * Disease Management in Managed Care Organizations * Disease Management in Pharmaceutical Companies * Disease Management Purchasers' Perspectives * Disease Management as Patient-Centered Care * Epilogue