Papers and Articles on Operations Management: Health Articles

Clinical Patient Pathways – a Case Study - Health Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This case study presents the application of Clinical Patient Pathway Analysis to help a large hospital achieve the Government’s 31 and 62-day cancer waiting times. The project succeeded in identifying a number of underlying issues within the patient pathway and made recomm... read article...

Transforming your Health - Health Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Due to client confidentiality issues, the names and identities of the client hospitals who have benefited from this process have been obscured as no self-respecting management team would like the press to know about their problems with finance and efficiency.

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National events : Operations Management in the Health Care Supply Chain - Health Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The Institute was delighted to see 30 delegates at the very first IOM event specifically focused on the Healthcare Sector. The IOM has established a Health Special Interest Group to enable people involved in operations management in the health sector to share experiences and lea... read article...

Insert Coins and make your Selection - Re-Engineering the Dispensing of Drugs in a Hospital Pharmacy - Health Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Have you ever put money into a drinks vending machine and made your selection; only for the machine to vend a totally different product or nothing at all? Or had a chocolate bar wrapper get entangled on one of the metal spirals leaving you to despairingly rock the vending machin... read article...