Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeModeling Patient Flows Through the Healthcare System.- Hospitals and Clinical Facilities, Processes and Design for Patient Flow.- Access to Surgery and Medical Consequences of Delays.- Breakthrough Demand-Capacity Management Strategies to Improve Hospital Flow, Safety, and Satisfaction.- Managing Patient Appointments in Primary Care.- Waiting Lists for Surgery.- Personnel Staffing and Scheduling.- Discrete-Event Simulation of Health Care Systems.- Forecasting Demand for Regional Healthcare.- Queueing Analysis in Healthcare.- Rapid Distribution of Medical Supplies.- Using a Diagnostic to Focus Hospital flow Improvement Strategies.- Continuum of Care Program.- A Logistics Approach for Hospital Process Improvements.- Managing a Patient Flow Improvement Project.