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The internal and external customer focused process improvement and the performance analysis studies in healthcare systems
Tekin, Piril; Erol, Rizvan - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 10 (2017) 3, pp. 407-430
patients use their time very efficiently and that the process flows continuously. By having examined a sample healthcare system …
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Evaluation of industrial engineering students' competencies for process improvement in hospitals
Mazur, Lukasz M.; Chen, Shi-Jie - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 3 (2010) 3, pp. 603-628
The failures to properly educate students about process improvement can be seen as major factor leading to increased risks of patient safety and increased wastes in hospital settings. The purpose of this research was two-fold: 1) to identify characteristics that explain the efficacy of...
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Lean healthcare: improving surgical process indicators through prioritization projects
Sales, Marc; Castro, Rodolfo de; Ochoa de Echagüen … - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 16 (2023) 1, pp. 102-114
of implementing a set of improvement actions within the surgical process in the context of Lean Healthcare Processes. The … project involved a total of 900 healthcare professionals over a 3-year period (2017-2019) and has impacted over 38 … professionals and process engineers can work together as a team to improve healthcare resources.Design/methodology/approach: To …
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Operations Management at the service of health care management : example of a proposal for action research to plan and schedule health resources in scenarios derived from the COVID...
Marin-Garcia, Juan A.; Garcia-Sabater, Jose P.; Ruiz, Angel - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 13 (2020) 2, pp. 213-227
healthcare sector. Our aim is to help reduce this gap. Design/methodology/approach: In the first part of the article, we will … managers and public administrators in the healthcare sector (regional ministries or their equivalents). Each health department …) requiring a great deal of resources. We believe these situations are analogous to those faced by hospitals and the healthcare …
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An agile standardized work procedure for cleaning the operating room
Claudio, David; Cosgriff, Virginia; Nino, Valentina; … - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 14 (2021) 4, pp. 701-717
Purpose: This research aimed to reduce the turnover time (non-operative time) in the operating room (OR) at a US Northwestern hospital. Design/methodology/approach: Data collection consisted of observation and interviews of the aides, circulating nurses, and surgical techs to identify causes of...
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Modeling the impact of hospital logistics on quality of care and patient satisfaction : results of a survey in three public healthcare facilities in Fez, Morocco
Frichi, Youness; Jawab, Fouad; Boutahari, Said - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 13 (2020) 2, pp. 296-320
healthcare facilities in Fez-Morocco. Collected data were processed and analyzed deploying the PLS-SEM method and using SmartPLS3 … healthcare facility: Urgent Patients Circuit and Scheduled Patients Circuit. Thus, two PLS-SEM models were evaluated and … healthcare facilities in Fez-Morocco. Also, the model variables of hospital logistics construct are restricted and were applied …
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Improving the registration process in a healthcare facility with lean principles
Nino, Valentina; Martinez, Kenneth J.; Gomez, Karina; … - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 14 (2021) 3, pp. 538-551
illustrated the application of Lean principles to resolve issues regarding a central registration format in a healthcare facility …
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Optimal scheduling of logistical support for medical resources order and shipment in community health service centers
Liu, Ming; Zhang, Liping; Zhang, Zhe - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 8 (2015) 5, pp. 1362-1379
Purpose: Medical resources scheduling affects the medical institution’s operation cost, customer satisfaction and medical service quality. Therefore, a lean arrangement of medical resources order and shipment is quite necessary and important. In this paper, we propose two optimal models for...
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Modelling healthcare internal service supply chains for the analysis of medication delivery errors and amplification effects
Behzad, Banafsheh; Moraga, Reinaldo J.; Chen, Shi-Jie - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 4 (2011) 4, pp. 554-576
Purpose: Healthcare is a universally used service that hugely affects economies and the quality of life. The research … model and simulate the internal service supply chains of a healthcare system to study the effects of different parameters on … which are done inside the hospital. To better observe the bullwhip effect in healthcare service supply chains, the chains …
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Factor analysis of dynamic capabilities on public health centers operation performance
Perdana, Riky; Yahya, Dwi Kartini; Azis, Yudi; Kaltum, Umi - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 16 (2023) 2, pp. 438-452
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine how the variables of supply chain performance, performance of medical personnel, and occupancy overload affect operating performance moderated by dynamic capability variables. In a case study of public health center in...
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