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Scheduling Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examinations: An Empirical Analysis

Authors : Filippo Visintin, Paola Cappanera

Published in: Health Care Systems Engineering for Scientists and Practitioners

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of scheduling Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examinations and has a twofold aim: investigating, via simulation, the long-term effect of the implementation of a First Come First Served-like heuristic; assessing the effectiveness, in terms of due date fulfilment, of the implementation of three managerial actions: cross training radiologists; reserving capacity to urgent patients, reducing the number of inappropriate prescriptions. By means of a factorial analysis, we demonstrate that cross-training radiologists and reducing the amount of inappropriate prescriptions, allow better matching the patient’s due-dates, than reserving capacity to urgent patients.

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Metadata
Title
Scheduling Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examinations: An Empirical Analysis
Authors
Filippo Visintin
Paola Cappanera
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Health Care Systems Engineering for Scientists and Practitioners

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-35130-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-35132-2

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-35132-2_7

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