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  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,581 Views
18 Pages

Applying Value Stream Mapping to Improve the Delivery of Patient Care in the Oncology Day Hospital

  • Pilar I. Vidal-Carreras,
  • Julio J. Garcia-Sabater and
  • Juan A. Marin-Garcia

Improving the delivery of patient care is an ongoing challenge in the National Health Service (NHS). This challenge is not insignificant in the process of chemotherapy administration for oncology patients. The present research is motivated by a publi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,969 Views
13 Pages

Cancer Clinic Redesign: Opportunities for Resource Optimization

  • Michael Fung-Kee-Fung,
  • Rachel S. Ozer,
  • Bill Davies,
  • Stephanie Pick and ,
  • Kate Duke,
  • David J. Stewart,
  • M. Neil Reaume,
  • Marcus Ward,
  • Katelyn Balchin and
  • Jason R. Pantarotto
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31 May 2022

Ambulatory cancer centers face a fluctuating patient demand and deploy specialized personnel who have variable availability. This undermines operational stability through the misalignment of resources to patient needs, resulting in overscheduled clin...

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  • Open Access
586 Views
28 Pages

29 July 2026

Oncology care increasingly depends on heterogeneous sensing streams generated by computed tomography (CT), radiotherapy planning systems, wearable devices, home respiratory sensors, patient-reported outcomes, and clinical records. These data streams...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Intelligent Sensing and AI-Powered Data Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
9,213 Views
12 Pages

The chemical composition of surface geological materials may cause metabolic changes and promote endemic diseases (e.g., oncological, gastrointestinal, neurological or cardiovascular diseases). The results of a geochemical survey is presented followi...

(This article belongs to the Collection Soil Pollution and Remediation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,739 Views
25 Pages

30 June 2023

(1) Background: The rising prices of medical infusions have resulted in the increased utilization of policies for payors to manage costs. These policies can be disruptive to the continuity of care, and health systems should develop a systematic strat...