Health Systems Engineering or Health Engineering (often known as "Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE)") is an academic and a pragmatic discipline that approaches the health care industry, and other industries connected with health care delivery, as complex adaptive systems, and identifies and applies engineering design and analysis principles in such areas.
Healthcare Systems Engineering or Health Care Engineering (often known by its acronym HCSE) is a multidisciplinary field that treats the healthcare sector, including associated sectors involved in healthcare delivery, as dynamic systems requiring an engineering approach. It identifies and utilizes engineering principles to analyze and design these complex systems.