Patient Flow Reducing Delay in Healthcare Delivery /
This book is dedicated to improving healthcare through reducing delays experienced by patients. With an interdisciplinary approach, this new edition, divided into five sections, begins by examining healthcare as an integrated system. Chapter 1 provides a hierarchical model of healthcare, rising from...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2013. |
| Series: | International Series in Operations Research & Management Science,
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
Table of Contents:
- Modeling Patient Flows Through the Healthcare System
- Interdependency of Hospital Departments and Hospital-Wide Patient Flows
- Hospitals and Clinical Facilities, Processes and Design for Patient Flow
- Emergency Department Crowding, The Nature of the Problem and Why it Matters
- The Consequences of Emergency Department Crowding and Delays for Patients
- 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
- Triage in Non-Emergency Services
- Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
- Discrete-Event Simulation of Health Care Systems
- Process Mapping of a Regional Trauma System
- Forecasting Demand for Regional Healthcare
- Queueing Analysis in Healthcare
- Rapid Distribution of Medical Supplies
- Using a Diagnostic to Focus Hospital Flow Improvement Strategies
- Improving Patient Satisfaction Through Improved Flow
- Mayo Post Acute Care Program and Care Continuum
- A Logistics Approach for Hospital Process Improvement
- Managing a Patient Flow Improvement Project.