Health Systems Engineering as an Improvement Strategy: A Case Example Using Location-Allocation Modeling

作者:Watts, Bradley V*; Shiner, Brian; Ceyhan, Mehmet E; Musdal, Hande; Sinangil, Seda; Benneyan, James
来源:Journal for Healthcare Quality, 2013, 35(3): 35-40.
DOI:10.1111/j.1945-1474.2011.00187.x

摘要

Finding the optimal geographic location for a medical service is a common challenge for healthcare organizations. However, there is limited use or description of methods to determine the optimal location of a medical service. We describe a case study of how location-allocation techniques used by industrial engineers assisted a regional healthcare network develop a plan for optimal location of sleep medicine services within its network.