Some more tools from Toyota Production System and work (re)design.
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Some more tools from Toyota Production System and work (re)design.
A quick chapter about hospital facility planning and design
A high level overview of some consideration in designing inventory systems.
A Markov Devision Process may help a situation of uncertainty that involves sequential decision making.
Bed capacity cannot be assessed base on occupancy levels. As occupancy levels (utilization) increases, the queue grows exponentially.
Computer simulation in healthcare needs to combine model developers with subject matter experts for best results.
Some high level ideas how to spread evidence-based practices.
Failure Mode Effects Analysis helps proactively study possible sources of risk and ways to mitigate this.
Lean is a popular tool to improve productivity and organization in Healthcare. And it works.
The size of a physician practice can have dramatic effects on the length of the patient cue.
Healthcare engineering can propose some concepts to help integrate healthcare service delivery.
Long-term care has complex family, resident, and institutional dynamics
Nurses have a diverse set of roles in the healthcare system
Outpatient medicine is a tough high volume low margin industry.
The VA is the largest provider of direct care in the United States. Its long history is one of controversy and transformation.