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Comparison between Outpatient Appointment Scheduling and Chemotherapy Outpatient Appointment Scheduling [PDF]
The Egyptian International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Technology, 2016 Healthcare management has received tremendous interest among researchers as it deals with human health. In this paper, two applications of scheduling on healthcare systems are studied. These two applications are outpatient appointment scheduling and chemotherapy outpatient appointment scheduling.
M Heshmat, A Eltawil
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Designing cyclic appointment schedules for outpatient clinics with scheduled and unscheduled patient arrivals [PDF]
, 2011 We present a methodology to design appointment systems for outpatient clinics and diagnostic facilities that offer both walk-in and scheduled service. The developed blueprint for the appointment schedule prescribes the number of appointments to plan per ...
Litvak, Nelli +4 more
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Translation and cross-cultural adaptation into Brazilian Portuguese of the ORAAprof instrument for Advanced Access [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de EnfermagemObjectives: to translate and cross-culturally adapt the self-reflective tool Outil Réflexif sur l’Accès Adapté (ORAAprof) into Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: methodological study conducted from August 2022 to April 2023 in five stages: translation, back-
Alexandre Ramiro Pinto +2 more
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Mathematics, 2021 In this paper, we first use the information we have on the patients of an oncology day hospital to distribute the treatment schedules they have in each of the visits to this centre. To do this, we propose a deterministic mathematical programming model in
Adrián González-Maestro +5 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2018 Background Many people wait long periods for community outpatient services. However little is known about the impact of waiting from referral to first visit on patient outcomes.
Annie K. Lewis +3 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background Longer wait time in ambulatory clinics can disrupt schedules and decrease satisfaction. We investigated factors associated with patient wait time (WT, check-in to examination room placement), approximate clinician time (ACT, completion of ...
Daniel Jonathan Kagedan +2 more
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Who Misses Appointments? An Empirical Analysis
, 1991 Patient noncompliance is a major problem in clinical practice. In order to better understand this issue, 236 appointments at an outpatient psychiatry clinic of a large urban general hospital were examined.
Barry Campbell +2 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background Specific Timely Appointments for Triage (STAT) is an intervention designed to reduce waiting time in community outpatient health services, shown to be effective in a large stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.
Katherine E. Harding +6 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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Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2016 Objectives: The operating theatre (OT) is a vital facility that utilises a considerable portion of the hospital’s budget; thus proper OT utilisation is essential. Surgical cancellation is a leading cause of OT underutilisation. This study aimed to report
Sivasubramanian T. Appavu +3 more
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