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Matching Healthcare Resources to Patient Needs

In: Handbook of Healthcare System Scheduling

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  • Randolph Hall

    (University of Southern California)

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Healthcare scheduling entails matching health care resources (providers, rooms, equipment, supplies, organs, devices and instruments) to patient needs, when and where they need them. Effective scheduling reduces waste, reduces patient waiting and improves health outcomes. Scheduling methods rely on operations research techniques, including forecasting, mathematical modeling and optimization, queue models and stochastic processes. These techniques are used in many ways, including setting appointments, scheduling staff, planning surgeries and managing the flow of patients through health care systems.

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  • Randolph Hall, 2012. "Matching Healthcare Resources to Patient Needs," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Randolph Hall (ed.), Handbook of Healthcare System Scheduling, chapter 0, pages 1-9, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-1-4614-1734-7_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1734-7_1
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