An ambition of healthcare policy has been to move more acute services into community
settings. This systematic literature review presents analysis of published operational …

Public health-care facilities are essential to all communities, and their location/allocation has
long been an important issue in urban planning. Given the steady growth of Hong Kong's …

As the operations management (OM) and supply chain management (SCM) field has
evolved, a greater emphasis on services has emerged. The healthcare industry represents …

Hospital case mix and capacity planning involves the decision making both on patient
volumes that can be taken care of at a hospital and on resource requirements and capacity …

Many optimisation problems arise in managing the Blood Donation (BD) supply chain. Most
of them have been addressed in the literature, while other problems, eg donation …

OBJECTIVE: Efficient scheduling of patient appointments on expensive resources is a
complex and dynamic task. A resource is typically used by several patient groups. To service …

Extensive literature suggests that a solution to the current problems of healthcare
sustainability is the active involvement of patients in health management through the …

Legislators at the state and national levels are addressing renewed concerns over the
adequacy of hospital nurse staffing to provide quality care and ensure patient safety. At the …

The delivery of cost-effective and quality hospital-based health care remains an important
and ongoing challenge for the American health care industry. Despite numerous advances …

In this article, we present strategies to help combat the US nursing shortage. Key
considerations include providing an attractive work schedule and work environment—critical …