Technological advancements driving smart healthcare transformation need new models and solutions for emerging technology challenges. The objective of this review paper is to introduce the concept of smart healthcare, identify its main characteristics...
Hospitals are complex systems that function most effectively when operations are coordinated and supported by real-time information and feedback loops. Sustained growth, quality improvement, and financial viability increasingly rely on data-based man...
Health systems function optimally when accountability principles, legal frameworks, and governance processes are clearly defined, understood, and implemented. Together these elements set norms, standards, and systems for the practice of health profes...
Person-centred cultures are increasingly recognised as essential to the delivery of compassionate, safe, and effective healthcare. While Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is widely adopted as a process improvement methodology, its application is often critiqued f...
The challenge for healthcare policy makers, managers and practitioners is finding ways to effectively collaborate with patients and community to plan, deliver and evaluate services. The study examined how managers engage the community with the strate...
Understanding the utilization patterns of nuclear medicine (NM) services is essential for optimizing resource allocation and service provision. This study aimed to address the regional evidence gap by reporting the demand for NM services by sex and a...
Objective: This study aimed to develop a performance evaluation index system for a district-level public hospital in Chongqing, China, based on Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs), to provide a benchmark for performance assessment in similar hospitals. T...
Hospital layouts play a critical role in supporting efficient care processes, which are continually evolving. While care processes adapt over time, the spatial needs of care professionals are expected to remain relatively stable. This study proposes...
Background: The emergency department (ED) often represents the entry point to care for patients that require urgent medical attention or have no alternative for medical treatment. This has implications on scope of practice and how quality of care is...
This study applies stochastic discrete event modeling to demonstrate that reducing wait times for specialized outpatient clinics in the Costa Rican public healthcare system is possible. The classification process identified four medical specialties w...
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