Planning and scheduling in healthcare for better care coordination: Current understanding, trending topics, and future opportunities

S Youn, HN Geismar, M Pinedo - Production and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study reviews the research on planning and scheduling in healthcare published in
Production and Operations Management (POM) and other prestigious operations …

Emergency department crowding: the canary in the health care system

GD Kelen, R Wolfe, G D'Onofrio, AM Mills… - … Innovations in Care …, 2021 - catalyst.nejm.org
The solution for this serious threat to ED staff and harm to patients cannot come from a
single department, but through engagement of and ongoing commitment by leaders …

Empirical research in healthcare operations: Past research, present understanding, and future opportunities

DS Kc, S Scholtes, C Terwiesch - Manufacturing & Service …, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
We examine the published empirical literature in healthcare operations management over
the last 20 years. We note several unique characteristics of the research in healthcare …

[PDF][PDF] Why health-care workers are quitting in droves

E Yong - The Atlantic, 2021 - alamedahealthsystem.org
Last December, at the height of the winter surge, she cared for a patient who had caught the
coronavirus after being pressured into a anksgiving dinner. eir lungs were so ruined that …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency department and hospital crowding: causes, consequences, and cures

P McKenna, SM Heslin, P Viccellio… - Clinical and …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Overcrowding with associated delays in patient care is a problem faced by emergency
departments (EDs) worldwide. ED overcrowding can be the result of poor ED department …

Machine learning based forecast for the prediction of inpatient bed demand

M Tello, ES Reich, J Puckey, R Maff… - BMC medical informatics …, 2022 - Springer
Background Overcrowding is a serious problem that impacts the ability to provide optimal
level of care in a timely manner. High patient volume is known to increase the boarding time …

Timing it right: Balancing inpatient congestion vs. readmission risk at discharge

P Shi, JE Helm, J Deglise-Hawkinson… - Operations …, 2021 - pubsonline.informs.org
When to discharge a patient plays an important role in hospital patient flow management
and the quality of care and patient outcomes. In this work, we develop and implement a data …

The value of health information technology interoperability: Evidence from interhospital transfer of heart attack patients

Y Li, LX Lu, SF Lu, J Chen - Manufacturing & Service …, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
Problem definition: Health information technology (HIT) interoperability refers to the ability of
different electronic health record systems and software applications to communicate …

Worker productivity in operations management

KC Diwas - … and Trends® in Technology, Information and …, 2020 - nowpublishers.com
Abstract From Frederick Taylor's study of brick laying manual laborers in the early 20th
century, to the multi-year benchmarking of automotive plant productivity as part of the …

Hospital capacity command centers: a benchmarking survey on an emerging mechanism to manage patient flow

BJ Franklin, R Yenduri, VI Parekh, RL Fogerty… - The Joint Commission …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Delayed hospital and emergency department (ED) patient throughput, which
occurs when demand for inpatient care exceeds hospital capacity, is a critical threat to …