Health Systems

2012 - 2025

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Volume 11, issue 4, 2022

Offering transportation services to economically disadvantaged patients at a family health center: a case study pp. 251-275

Jia Guo, Jonathan F. Bard, Douglas J. Morrice, Carlos R. Jaén and Ramin Poursani

Simulation optimisation for mixing scheduled and walk-in patients pp. 276-287

Jacob Wing and Peter Vanberkel

Determining the relative risk of hospitalisation and surgery of fall injury patients pp. 288-302

Dinesh R. Pai, Hengameh M. Hosseini and Stephen R. Rosito

An automated machine learning tool for breast cancer diagnosis for healthcare professionals pp. 303-333

Tawseef Ayoub Shaikh and Rashid Ali

Volume 11, issue 3, 2022

Using a genetic algorithm to solve a non-linear location allocation problem for specialised children’s ambulances in England and Wales pp. 161-171

Enoch Kung, Sarah E. Seaton, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan and Christina Pagel

A pull-strategy for the appointment scheduling of surgical patients in a hospital-integrated facility pp. 172-188

Safa Chabouh, Sondes Hammami, Eric Marcon and Hanen Bouchriha

Predicting non-attendance in hospital outpatient appointments using deep learning approach pp. 189-210

M. Dashtban and Weizi Li

Patterns of health information exchange strategies underlying health information technologies capabilities building pp. 211-231

Placide Poba-Nzaou, Sylvestre Uwizeyemungu, Mamadou Dakouo, Anicet Tchibozo and Bocar Mboup

Daily food planning for families under Covid-19: combining analytic hierarchy processes and linear optimisation pp. 232-250

Leila Abuabara, Katarzyna Werner-Masters and Alberto Paucar-Caceres

Volume 11, issue 2, 2022

Feasibility analysis of a prevention programme for patients with early chronic disease using A mathematical model pp. 75-83

Fanwen Meng, Aidan Lyanzhiang Tan, Bee Hoon Heng, Melvin Khee Shing Leow and Palvannan Kannapiran

A qualitative model of the HIV care continuum in Vancouver, Canada pp. 84-97

Benny Wai, Krisztina Vasarhelyi, Alexander R Rutherford, Chris Buchner, Reka Gustafson, Miranda Compton, Mark Hull, Jf Williams and Rolando Barrios

Incorporating the six aims for quality in the analysis of trauma care pp. 98-108

Lucy Aragon, Karen Schieman and Laila Cure

Modelling changes in healthcare demand through geographic data extrapolation pp. 109-125

Geraint Ian Palmer, Paul Harper, Vincent Knight and Cathy Brooks

Using the theory of constraints to create a paradigm shift in organisation performance at a large primary care provider practice pp. 126-159

James F. Cox

Volume 11, issue 1, 2022

Outcomes of managing healthcare services using the Theory of Constraints: A systematic review pp. 1-16

Gustavo M. Bacelar-Silva, James F. Cox and Pedro Pereira Rodrigues

Patient-held health IT adoption across the primary-secondary care interface: a Normalisation Process Theory perspective pp. 17-29

Stephen McCarthy, Ciara Fitzgerald, Laura Sahm, Colin Bradley and Elaine K Walsh

A discrete-event simulation model of the kidney transplantation system in Rajasthan, India pp. 30-47

Mohd Shoaib, Utkarsh Prabhakar, Sumit Mahlawat and Varun Ramamohan

Socioeconomic differentials in the burden of paying for healthcare in India: a disaggregated analysis pp. 48-58

Ramna Thakur and Shivendra Sangar

“What’s the evidence?”—Towards more empirical evaluations of the impact of OR interventions in healthcare pp. 59-67

Guillaume Lamé, Sonya Crowe and Matthew Barclay

Increasing cardio-thoracic productivity at Erasmus MC pp. 68-74

Maartje Zonderland, Jos Bekkers, Jasper van Bommel, Maarten Ter Horst, Wouter van Leeuwen, Femke van den Wall Bake, Willem Wiegersma and Ad Bogers

Volume 10, issue 4, 2021

Organisational factors underpinning intra-hospital transfers: a guide for evaluating context in quality improvement pp. 239-248

Renee Fekieta, Alana Rosenberg, Beth Hodshon, Shelli Feder, Sarwat I. Chaudhry and Beth L. Emerson

Alternative care providers in rheumatoid arthritis patient care: a queueing and simulation analysis pp. 249-267

Toni Tagimacruz, Diane P. Bischak and Deborah A. Marshall

An empirical investigation of forecasting methods for ambulance calls - a case study pp. 268-285

Mohamed A K Al-Azzani, Soheil Davari and Tracey Jane England

Constructing operating theatre schedules using partitioned graph colouring techniques pp. 286-297

Ahmed Kheiri, Rhyd Lewis, Jonathan Thompson and Paul Harper

Home testing for COVID-19 and other virus outbreaks: The complex system of translating to communities pp. 298-317

Victoria Lyon, Cynthia LeRouge, Ann Fruhling and Matthew Thompson

Identifying user assistance systems for radiotherapy to increase efficiency and help saving lives pp. 318-336

Ralf Müller-Polyzou, Melanie Reuter-Oppermann, Anke Engbert and Raphael Schmidt

Establishing an SEIR-based framework for local modelling of COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths pp. 337-347

R. M. Wood, A. C. Pratt, B. J. Murch, A. L. Powell, R. D. Booton, D. G. Thomas, J. Twigger, E. Diakou, S. Coleborn, T. Manning, C. Davies and K. M. Turner

Volume 10, issue 3, 2021

Improving chemotherapy infusion operations through the simulation of scheduling heuristics: a case study pp. 163-178

Ryan F. Slocum, Herbert L. Jones, Matthew T. Fletcher, Brandon M. McConnell, Thom J. Hodgson, Javad Taheri and James R. Wilson

Monitoring behaviours with model divergence: emailing studies of users with cognitive impairments pp. 179-197

William N. Robinson, Tianjie Deng and Andrea Aria

An analytical framework for group simulation model building pp. 198-211

Timothy Bolt, Steffen Bayer, Maria Kapsali and Sally Brailsford

Operational analysis of school-based delivery models to vaccinate children against influenza pp. 212-221

Luca Grieco, Mariya Melnychuk, Angus Ramsay, Abigail Baim-Lance, Simon Turner, Andrew Wilshere, Naomi Fulop, Steve Morris and Martin Utley

Priority setting for health system strengthening in low income countries. A qualitative case study illustrating the complexities pp. 222-237

Beverley M. Essue and Lydia Kapiriri

Volume 10, issue 2, 2021

Cloud-based multi-media systems for patient education and adherence: a pilot study to explore patient compliance with colonoscopy procedure preparation pp. 89-103

Benjamin Schooley, Tonia San Nicolas-Rocca and Richard Burkhard

Productivity-driven physician scheduling in emergency departments pp. 104-117

Fanny Camiat, Marìa I. Restrepo, Jean-Marc Chauny, Nadia Lahrichi and Louis-Martin Rousseau

Minimax cth percentile of makespan in surgical scheduling pp. 118-130

Vikas Agrawal, Aber Elsaleiby, Yue Zhang, P. S. Sundararaghavan and Andrew Casabianca

Unravelling the dynamics of referral-to-treatment in the NHS pp. 131-137

Richard M Wood

Can structured EHR data support clinical coding? A data mining approach pp. 138-161

José Carlos Ferrão, Monica Oliveira, Filipe Janela, Henrique M. G. Martins and Daniel Gartner

Volume 10, issue 1, 2021

Clinical pathway modelling: a literature review pp. 1-23

Emma Aspland, Daniel Gartner and Paul Harper

Variation of quantified infection rates of mixed samples to enhance rapid testing during an epidemic pp. 24-30

Usama Kadri

Covid-19 transmission modelling of students returning home from university pp. 31-40

Paul R. Harper, Joshua W. Moore and Thomas E. Woolley

Using the theory of constraints’ processes of ongoing improvement to address the provider appointment scheduling system execution problem pp. 41-72

James F. Cox

Identification of barriers and enablers to rapid diagnosis along the paediatric stroke chain of recovery using Value-Focused Process Engineering pp. 73-88

Mark T. Mackay, Leonid Churilov, Anna Moon, Ian McKenzie, Geoffrey A. Donnan, Paul Monagle, Qi Li and Franz E. Babl

Volume 9, issue 4, 2020

An exhaustive review and analysis on applications of statistical forecasting in hospital emergency departments pp. 263-284

Muhammet Gul and Erkan Celik

Cost analysis of implementing a telegeriatrics ecosystem with nursing homes: panel data analysis pp. 285-292

James Alvin Low, Toh Hui Jin, Laurence Tan Lean Chin, Neha Agarwal, Goh Kim Huat, Adrian Yeow and Christina Soh

Designing and scheduling a multi-disciplinary integrated practice unit for patient-centred care pp. 293-316

Douglas J. Morrice, Jonathan F. Bard and Karl M. Koenig

Key considerations when using health insurance claims data in advanced data analyses: an experience report pp. 317-325

Renata Konrad, Wenchang Zhang, Margrét Bjarndóttir and Ruben Proaño

Combining regression trees and panel regression for exploring and testing the impact of complementary management practices on short-notice elective operation cancellation rates pp. 326-344

Reza Salehnejad, Manhal Ali and Nathan Proudlove

Volume 9, issue 3, 2020

Mobile health solutions in developing countries: a stakeholder perspective pp. 179-201

Emmanuel Eze, Rob Gleasure and Ciara Heavin

Hospital’s instability wedges pp. 202-211

David Ben-Tovim, Tim Bogomolov, Jerzy Filar, Paul Hakendorf, Shaowen Qin and Campbell Thompson

Modelling competition in health care markets as a complex adaptive system: an agent-based framework pp. 212-225

Abdullah Alibrahim and Shinyi Wu

Analysis of patient-mover dispatching and equipment-marshalling areas: a simulation study at the University of Michigan Hospital pp. 226-252

Yavuz A. Bozer and Chate Eamrungroj

The costs and value of modelling-based design in healthcare delivery: five case studies from the US pp. 253-262

Terry Young, Sada Soorapanth, Jim Wilkerson, Lance Millburg, Todd Roberts and David Morgareidge

Volume 9, issue 2, 2020

Multi-disciplinary planning in health care: a review pp. 95-118

A. G. Leeftink, I. A. Bikker, I. M. H. Vliegen and R. J. Boucherie

The importance of widespread testing for COVID-19 pandemic: systems thinking for drive-through testing sites pp. 119-123

Ozgur M. Araz, Adrian Ramirez-Nafarrate, Megan Jehn and Fernando A. Wilson

Using the theory of constraints’ processes of ongoing improvement to address the provider appointment scheduling system design problem pp. 124-158

James F. Cox III and Lynn H. Boyd

Accounting for patient heterogeneity in nurse staffing using a queueing-theory approach pp. 159-177

Parisa Eimanzadeh, Heather Gloede, Joyce Soule and Ehsan Salari

Volume 9, issue 1, 2020

Health informatics, healthcare quality and safety, and healthcare simulation: continuing the discussion to advance healthcare operations pp. 1-1

Sue S. Feldman

Improving emergency department resource planning: a multiple case study pp. 2-30

Daniel Bouzon Nagem Assad and Thaís Spiegel

A decision support system for demand and capacity modelling of an accident and emergency department pp. 31-56

Muhammed Ordu, Eren Demir and Chris Tofallis

Planning security architecture for health survey data storage and access pp. 57-63

M. Rita Thissen and Katherine M. Mason

Spatial dynamics of access to primary care for the medicaid population pp. 64-75

Nasim Sabounchi, Nasser Sharareh, Fatima Irshaidat and Serdar Atav

The impact of systemic innovations for transforming transplant systems. Lessons learned from the German lung transplantation system. A qualitative study pp. 76-93

Antoniya Hauerwaas and Ursula Weisenfeld