Modeling and analysis of work flow and staffing level in a computed tomography division of University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-120

  Wang, Junwen ^a   Quan, Shichuan ^a   Li, Jingshan ^a   Hollis, Amy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; CT; Markov chain; Staffing level; What if analysis; Work flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKFLOW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WISCONSIN; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84859423823     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9188-1     Document Type: Article

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