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Comparison of Three Coordination Methods to Increase Outpatient Follow Up Among Older Adults Discharged From the Emergency Department: A Pilot Study [PDF]
Journal of Patient-Centered Research and ReviewsPurpose: Older adults are among the highest users of the emergency department (ED), comprising over 50% of those discharged home from the ED. The Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) guidelines recommend addressing transitions of care that connect older ...
Michelle Simpson +3 more
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Patient-centered appointment scheduling using agent-based simulation. [PDF]
AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 2014 Enhanced access and continuity are key components of patient-centered care. Existing studies show that several interventions such as providing same day appointments, walk-in services, after-hours care, and group appointments, have been used to redesign ...
Turkcan A, Toscos T, Doebbeling BN.
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JMIR Medical Informatics, 2021 BackgroundWeb-booking of flights, hotels, and sports events has become commonplace in the travel and entertainment industry, but self-scheduling of health care appointments on the web is not yet widely used.
North, Frederick +5 more
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JMIR Medical Informatics, 2021 BackgroundScreening mammography is recommended for the early detection of breast cancer. The processes for ordering screening mammography often rely on a health care provider order and a scheduler to arrange the time and location ...
Frederick North +5 more
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A Review of Optimization Studies for System Appointment Scheduling
Axioms, 2023 In the face of an increasingly high-demand environment for outpatients, achieving a balance between allocation of limited medical resources and patient satisfaction has considerable social and economic benefits.
Tiantian Niu +7 more
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A Dataset of Service Time and Related Patient Characteristics from an Outpatient Clinic
Data, 2023 Outpatient clinics’ productivity largely depends on their appointment scheduling systems. It is crucial for appointment scheduling to understand the intrinsic heterogeneity in patient and service types and act accordingly.
Haolin Feng +4 more
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Robust Appointment Scheduling in Healthcare
Mathematics, 2022 The quality and experience of healthcare systems affect the economy and prosperity of cities all over the world. Governments of several countries are struggling to improve the efficiency of their healthcare systems and decrease healthcare spending costs.
Yuan Gao +3 more
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Dynamic appointment scheduling for outpatient clinics with multiple physicians and patient choice
Journal of Management Science and Engineering, 2022 Mitigating the adverse effects of uncertainty in appointment systems, arising from heterogeneous patient needs and preferences, is critical to the effective use of scarce medical resources and patient satisfaction.
Chongjun Yan +3 more
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Stochastic radiotherapy appointment scheduling [PDF]
Central European Journal of Operations Research, 2021 AbstractWhen scheduling the starting times for treatment appointments of patients in hospitals or outpatient clinics such as radiotherapy centers, minimizing patient waiting time and simultaneously maximizing resource usage is crucial. Significant uncertainty in the treatment durations makes scheduling those activities particularly challenging.
Braune, Roland +2 more
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Practical quantum appointment scheduling [PDF]
Physical Review A, 2018 7 ...
Touchette, Dave +2 more
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