Workflow for healthcare: A methodology for realizing flexible medical treatment processes

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

Volumn 43 LNBIP, Issue , 2010, Pages 593-604

  Reijers, Hajo A ^a   Russell, Nick ^a   Van Der Geer, Simone ^b   Krekels, Gertruud A M ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dermatology; flexibility patterns; healthcare processes; Workflow management technology

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

BUSINESS PROCESS EXECUTION; DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DOMAINS; HEALTHCARE PROCESS; HEALTHCARE PROCESSES; MEDICAL TREATMENT; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; OUTPATIENT CLINIC; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77953970601     PISSN: 18651348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12186-9_57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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