Operations research methods applied to workflow in a medical records department

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-199

  Chan, S Y Edna ^a   Ohlmann, Jeff ^b   Dunbar, Steven ^c   Dunbar, Charlene ^d   Ryan, Sarah ^e   Savory, Paul ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d MADONNA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arena; ARIMA; Forecasting; Integer programming; Medical records; Optimization; Scheduling; Simulation; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REHABILITATION CENTER; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD ADMINISTRATORS; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEBRASKA; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORD PROCESSING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036690813     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019744602444     Document Type: Review

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