Handbook of Healthcare Operations Management: Methods and Applications


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Improving Access to Healthcare: Models of Adaptive Behavior.- Queueing Models for Healthcare Operations.- Applications of Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation to Healthcare Operations Management.- Optimization in Healthcare Delivery Modeling: Methods and Applications.- Operating Room Planning and Scheduling.- The Modeling, Analysis, and Management of Intensive Care Units.- Improving the Flow of Patients through Healthcare Organizations.- Capacity Allocation and Flexibility in Primary Care.- Improving Scheduling and Flow in Complex Outpatient Clinics.- No-show Modeling for Adult Ambulatory Clinics.- Simulation and Real-time Optimized Relocation for Improving Ambulance Operations.- Planning and Managing Mass Prophylaxis Clinic Operations.- Emergency Departments: "Repairs While You Wait, No Appointment Necessary".- Location Models in Health Care.- Models and Methods for Improving Patient Access.- Coordinating Health Services: An Operations Management Perspective.- Managing Supply Critical to Patient Care: An Introduction to Hospital Inventory Management for Pharmaceuticals.- The Challenges of Hospital Supply Chain Management, from Central Stores to Nursing Units.- Overcoming the Challenges of the Last Mile: A Model of Riders for Health.- Allocating Scarce Healthcare Resources in Developing Countries: A Case for Malaria Prevention



Author: Brian T. Denton
Publisher: Springer
Published: 02/28/2013
Pages: 536
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 2.10d
ISBN13: 9781461458845
ISBN10: 1461458846
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Administration
- Business & Economics | Operations Research
- Medical | Health Care Delivery