When scheduling surgeries in the operating theater, not only the resources within the operating theater have to be considered but also those in downstream units, e.g., the intensive care unit and regular bed wards of each medical specialty. We present an extension to the master surgery schedule,...

Lack of rapidly available neurological expertise, especially in rural areas, is one of the key obstacles in stroke care. Stroke care networks attempt to address this challenge by connecting hospitals with specialized stroke centers, stroke units, and hospitals of lower levels of care. While the...

Previous research, conducted before the Internet was widely accessible, has shown that information sources and channels can influence the initiation, adoption, and implementation of innovations. The field of operations management faces a wide variety of innovations, the eventual diffusion of...