Evaluating the effects of triage education on triage accuracy within the emergency department: An integrative review

K Butler, N Anderson, A Jull - International Emergency Nursing, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Triage accuracy can affect patient outcomes. Education to ensure nurses
provide the most accurate triage scores is paramount for patient safety. The objective was to …

Improvement of chemotherapy patient flow and scheduling in an outpatient oncology clinic

B Liang, A Turkcan, ME Ceyhan… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Due to increasing demand, the oncology clinics have been experiencing higher workloads
and increasing delays in laboratory, pharmacy and chemotherapy administration areas. In …

A stochastic programming approach to reduce patient wait times and overtime in an outpatient infusion center

J Castaing, A Cohn, BT Denton… - IIE Transactions on …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Chemotherapy infusion treatments for cancer have significant and unpredictable variability
in duration. This variability can have negative impact on operations–both patient wait time …

Scheduling patient appointment in an infusion center: a mixed integer robust optimization approach

M Issabakhsh, S Lee, H Kang - Health care management science, 2021 - Springer
Infusion centers are experiencing greater demand, resulting in long patient wait times. The
duration of chemotherapy treatment sessions often varies, and this uncertainty also …

Chemotherapy appointment scheduling under uncertainty using mean-risk stochastic integer programming

M Alvarado, L Ntaimo - Health care management science, 2018 - Springer
Oncology clinics are often burdened with scheduling large volumes of cancer patients for
chemotherapy treatments under limited resources such as the number of nurses and chairs …

A systematic review of simulation methods applied to cancer care services

A Gjerloev, S Crowe, C Pagel, Y Jani, L Grieco - Health Systems, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
There is significant potential for Operational Research to support improvements in care
services for cancer patients. In this systematic review, we examine computer simulation …

Modeling and simulation of oncology clinic operations in discrete event system specification

MM Alvarado, TG Cotton, L Ntaimo, E Pérez… - …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Oncology clinics are often burdened with scheduling large volumes of cancer patients for
chemotherapy under limited resources, such as nurses and chemotherapy chairs …

National comprehensive cancer network infusion efficiency workgroup study: optimizing patient flow in infusion centers

JM Sugalski, T Kubal, DL Mulkerin… - Journal of oncology …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) formed an Infusion
Efficiency Workgroup to determine best practices for operating efficient and effective infusion …

Alternative outpatient chemotherapy scheduling method to improve patient service quality and nurse satisfaction

YL Huang, AH Bryce, T Culbertson… - Journal of oncology …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Introduction: Optimal scheduling and calendar management in an outpatient chemotherapy
unit is a complex process that is driven by a need to focus on safety while accommodating a …

Reducing barriers to timely MR imaging scheduling

BV Wessman, AK Moriarity, V Ametlli, DJ Kastan - Radiographics, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Scheduling a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging study at the authors' large health system in
2011 required considerable preparation before an appointment time was given to a patient …