The vital role of operations analysis in improving healthcare delivery

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-494

  Green, Linda V ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity planning; Coordination; Data analysis; Flexibility; Healthcare; Information technology; Practice variation

Indexed keywords

ACROSS TIME; CAPACITY PLANNING; CLINICAL DATA; COORDINATION; CRITICAL ISSUES; DRIVING FORCES; FLEXIBILITY; GROWING DEMAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; OPERATIONS ANALYSIS; PAYMENT SYSTEMS; PRACTICE VARIATION; REDUCING COSTS;

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84868238139     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1120.0397     Document Type: Review

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