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Development of an Easy-to-Use Tool for the Assessment of Emergency Department Physical Design
Physical design of the emergency department (ED) has an important effect on its role and function. To date, no guidelines have been introduced to set the standards for the construction of EDs in Iran.
Alireza Majidi +4 more
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) news coming from Italy should be sobering to health system leaders throughout the world. We are witnessing an advanced health system stretched beyond its capacity.
J. Cavallo, D. Donoho, H. Forman
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COVID-19 Models for Hospital Surge Capacity Planning: A Systematic Review
Objective: Health system preparedness for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) includes projecting the number and timing of cases requiring various types of treatment. Several tools were developed to assist in this planning process.
Michael G. Klein +7 more
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Discharge planning from hospital.
Background Discharge planning is a routine feature of health systems in many countries. The aim of discharge planning is to reduce hospital length of stay and unplanned readmission to hospital, and to improve the co-ordination of services following ...
Daniela C. Gonçalves‐Bradley +4 more
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Point-of-care manufacturing: a single university hospital’s initial experience
Background The integration of 3D printing technology in hospitals is evolving toward production models such as point-of-care manufacturing. This study aims to present the results of the integration of 3D printing technology in a manufacturing university ...
Jose Antonio Calvo-Haro +21 more
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Background Effects of demographic change, such as declining birth rates and increasing individual life expectancy, require health system adjustments offering age- and needs-based care.
Olaf Schoffer +7 more
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Integrated planning in hospitals: a review
AbstractEfficient planning of scarce resources in hospitals is a challenging task for which a large variety of Operations Research and Management Science approaches have been developed since the 1950s. While efficient planning of single resources such as operating rooms, beds, or specific types of staff can already lead to enormous efficiency gains ...
Rachuba, Sebastian +2 more
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A comprehensive review of hospital strategic planning optimization through clinical engineering expertise [PDF]
Designing hospitals is a challenging task due to the critical nature ofthe services they provide. The hospital building must accommodatea variety of healthcare services, including medical imaging, sampleanalysis, surgical operations, and emergency care ...
Mohamed Hussain +3 more
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Nursing Workforce Planning Approaches in Hospital
The quality of service supplied by nurses and the efficiency of hospitals are directly affected by the effective usage of employee planning in nursing. The insufficient number of nurses and low level quality of service given by nurses are very important ...
Meltem Demirgöz Bal
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