Ofir Ben-Assuli,Rema Padman
Ofir Ben-Assuli
Few studies have examined how to identify future readmission of patients with a large number of repeat emergency department (ED) visits. We explore 30-day readmission risk prediction using Microsoft's AZURE machine learning software and com...
Operational research techniques applied throughout cancer care services: a review [0.03%]
运用于癌症医疗服务中的操作性研究技巧综述
Christina E Saville,Honora K Smith,Katarzyna Bijak
Christina E Saville
Cancer is a disease affecting increasing numbers of people. In the UK, the proportion of people affected by cancer is projected to increase from 1 in 3 in 1992, to nearly 1 in 2 by 2020. Health services to tackle cancer can be grouped broad...
Biomarker profiling for breast cancer detection: translational research to determine acceptance of a novel breast cancer screening technique [0.03%]
乳腺癌检测的生物标志物谱分析：一项转化研究决定接受新型乳腺癌筛查技术的程度
Nick Carcioppolo,Katheryn R Christy,Jakob D Jensen et al.
Nick Carcioppolo et al.
The current study seeks to determine how the psychosocial predictors of the health belief model are related to willingness to adopt biomarker screening practices among women above and below current screening age recommendations, as biomarke...
Dinesh R Pai,Hengameh Hosseini,Richard S Brown
Dinesh R Pai
In recent decades, a large number of hospitals in Pennsylvania and across the United States have been forced to close entirely, or to transform their beds for alternative uses including outpatient care. Hospital closures have severe repercu...
Simulation modelling of patient flow and capacity planning for regional long-term care needs: a case study [0.03%]
地区长期护理需求的病人流量仿真模型和容量规划：案例研究
Ki-Hwan Bae,Molly Jones,Gerald Evans et al.
Ki-Hwan Bae et al.
The need for Long-Term Care (LTC) arises in the elderly population, especially those reaching age 65 each year. This elderly population will grow tremendously in the United States over the next decade, resulting in short- and long-term chal...
Using the Theory of Constraints to resolve long-standing resource and service issues in a large public hospital [0.03%]
运用限制理论解决大型公立医院长期存在的资源和服务问题
Victoria Mabin,Julie Yee,Sally Babington et al.
Victoria Mabin et al.
Public health care providers typically struggle with the need to meet demand for services, within a limited budget. This paper describes an analysis of a large public hospital, using the Theory of Constraints' (TOC) comprehensive set of map...
A simulation-based neighbourhood search algorithm to schedule multi-category patients at a multi-facility health care diagnostic centre [0.03%]
基于模拟的邻域搜索算法在多设施卫生保健诊断中心调度多类别患者中的应用
Varun Jain,Usha Mohan
Varun Jain
A key operational decision faced by a multi-facility health care diagnostic centre serving different patient categories (for example: Health Check-up Patient (HCP), Out-Patient (OP), Emergency Patient (EP), or In-Patient) is whom to serve n...
Steven Mertens,Frederik Gailly,Geert Poels
Steven Mertens
Flexible, human-centric and knowledge-intensive processes occur in many service industries and are prominent in the health-care sector. Knowledge workers (e.g., doctors or other health-care personnel) are given the flexibility to address ea...
Knowledge sharing in a health infomediary: role of self-concept, emotional empowerment, and self-esteem [0.03%]
健康信息中介中的知识共享：自我概念、情感赋权和自尊的作用
Sumate Permwonguswa,Jiban Khuntia,Dobin Yim et al.
Sumate Permwonguswa et al.
Health infomediary systems are emerging as important knowledge sharing platforms that help patients manage their own health outside of traditional health care delivery models. Patients participate in health infomediaries to learn from other...
Matt Wimble,Gondy Leroy
Matt Wimble
Healthcare costs have risen faster than the rate of inflation for decades. The resulting resource constrains have placed substantial burden on organizations, governments, and societies. While the problem is most prominent in the United Stat...