Advanced management facilities for clinical laboratories

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-205

  Van Merode, G G ^a   Hasman, A ^a   Derks, J ^a   Schoenmaker, B ^a   Goldschmidt, H M J ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratory; Decision support; Discrete event simulation; Management; Operations research

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL LABORATORIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PLANNING; SCHEDULING; USER INTERFACES;

ADVANCED MANAGEMENT FACILITIES; LABORATORY CAPACITY MANAGEMENT; PLANNING DECISIONS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030198522     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(96)01747-S     Document Type: Article

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