Handbook of Healthcare Logistics

Chapter 1. Making an impact on healthcare logistics.- Part I: Overview of the state-of-the-art.- Chapter 2. A survey of literature reviews on patient planning and scheduling in healthcare.- Chapter 3. Theoretical and practical aspects of outpatient clinic optimization.- Chapter 4. Robust surgery scheduling: a model-based overview.- Chapter 5. Applications of hospital bed optimization.- Part II: OR applications in healthcare planning.- Chapter 6. A Markov modelling approach for surgical process analysis in cataract surgery.- Chapter 7. Emergency operating room or not?.- Chapter 8. Implementing algorithms to reduce ward occupancy fluctuation through advanced planning.- Chapter 9. Bed census predictions and nurse staffing.- Part III: Case studies.- Chapter 10. Workload forecasting and demand-driven staffing: a case study for post-operative physiotherapy.- Chapter 11. A quantitative analysis of integrated emergency posts.- Chapter 12. Minimizing variation in hospital bed utilization by creating a case type schedule for the operating room planning.- Chapter 13. Capacity management in the general hospital of ZGT, Almelo (NL).