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Fast evaluation of appointment schedules for outpatients in health care [PDF]

, 2011
We consider the problem of evaluating an appointment schedule for outpatients in a hospital. Given a fixed-length session during which a physician sees K patients, each patient has to be given an appointment time during this session in advance.
B. Denton, C. Alexopoulos, C.J. Ho, D. Lindley, G.C. Kaandorp, J. Charnetski, J. Sola-Vera, K. Muthuraman, L. Liu, L.V. Green, M. Babes, M.E. Zonderland, N.T.J. Bailey, N.T.J. Bailey, P. Harper, P.P. Wang, R. Hassin, S. Chakraborty, T. Cayirli, T.N.O. Lehmann, T.R. Rohleder, W.R. Reinus   +21 more
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A simulation study of outpatient scheduling with multiple providers and a single device [PDF]

International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2014
Effective outpatient appointment scheduling aims at reducing patient waiting time and operational costs, and improving resource utilization, especially given the stochastic nature of patient arrivals.
Xiao-Dan Wu, Mohammad T. Khasawneh, Dian-Min Yue, Ya-Nan Chu, Zhan-Ting Gao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Temporal Data Modeling and Reasoning for Information Systems [PDF]

, 2006
Temporal knowledge representation and reasoning is a major research field in Artificial Intelligence, in Database Systems, and in Web and Semantic Web research.
Bry, François, Spranger, Stephanie
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Predictors of failed attendances in a multi-specialty outpatient centre using electronic databases. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Failure to keep outpatient medical appointments results in inefficiencies and costs. The objective of this study is to show the factors in an existing electronic database that affect failed appointments and to develop a predictive probability
Arul Earnest, AS Yassin, AV Simmons, B Pal, Bala Krishnan, CG Moore, D Hermoni, D Thomas, DC Gruzd, G Sanders, Gatrad, GL Oppenhiem, JWY Chung, LA Adams, Mark I Chen, MP Cosgrove, P Patel, RA Deyo, S Frankel, SA al-Shammari, SB Cashman, SJ Griffin, Stata Corp, Vernon J Lee, W Dickey, W Hamilton, WM Barron, WM Macharia   +27 more
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Appointment Scheduling for Health Examination Customers Based on Two-stage Stochastic Simulation Optimization Algorithm [PDF]

Jisuanji gongcheng, 2021
In many health examination agencies,the unreasonable scheduling mechanisms make customers stay in the queue for longer time.This paper presents the study on the scheduling of health examination customers under stochastic service time.Using an appointment
LIU Dan, GENG Na
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Scheduling Process Efficiency and Utilization of Online Self-Scheduling of Lab Tests: A Retrospective Analysis of Self-Scheduled Appointments for COVID Testing

Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, 2022
Introduction The COVID 19 pandemic increased the need for rapid and accurate diagnostic testing for COVID. When testing became available, a systems response was needed to efficiently accommodate the high-volume flow of patients who needed testing.
Frederick North, Elissa M. Nelson, Rebecca J. Majerus, Matthew C. Thompson, Aric J. Knutson, Brian A. Crum   +5 more
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An Automatic and Intelligent System for Integrated Healthcare Processes Management [PDF]

, 2017
In this work, an automatic and intelligent system for integrated healthcare processes management is developed on a constraint based system. This project has been carried out in collaboration with a real assisted repro-duction clinic.
Cid de la Paz, Virginia, Escalona Cuaresma, María José, Jiménez Ramírez, Andrés   +2 more
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Medicaid Patients Have Greater Difficulty Scheduling Health Care Appointments Compared With Private Insurance Patients: A Meta-Analysis

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2019
Medicaid patients are known to have reduced access to care compared with privately insured patients; however, quantifying this disparity with large controlled studies remains a challenge.
Walter R. Hsiang BS, Adam Lukasiewicz MD, Mark Gentry MA, MLS, Chang-Yeon Kim MD, Michael P. Leslie DO, Richard Pelker MD, PhD, Howard P. Forman MD, MBA, Daniel H. Wiznia MD   +7 more
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Appointment Scheduling at Outpatient Clinics Using Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Approach

IEEE Access, 2020
Clinics with a large volume of patients are often burdened with limited resources such as nurses and providers. Also, an efficient health system seeks short wait times for the patients to see the provider (indirect wait time) and within the clinic ...
Samira Fazel Anvaryazdi, Saravanan Venkatachalam, Ratna Babu Chinnam   +2 more
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Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus, Floortje Strobbe, Annemarie A. Verrijn Stuart, Hanneke M. van Santen, Gerlof D. Valk, Sasja A. Schepers, Rachel S. van Leeuwaarde   +6 more
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