Process improvement in Hospitals: A case study in a radiology department

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-338

  Nickel, Stefan ^a,b   Schmidt, Ursula Anna ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS ITWM   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appointment planning; Discrete event simulation; Hospitals; Logistics; Process improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 75349114743     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3181bee127     Document Type: Article

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