DIETI Contact Person / Partners: Antonio Sforza
ABSTRACT
In the last years logistics has gained a strategic role in the management of hospitals. Managers are moving towards the use of various optimization tools, software and methods to achieve improvements in the offered services, and significant results were obtained in reducing errors, improving process quality and reducing waiting times. However, internal and external activities still require a significant effort to be re-designed and optimized for the complexity of the hospital system, the variability and unpredictability of the patient profile and the high demand for care.
OBJECTIVES
Main aim is the development of decision support tools for: designing and optimizing the healthcare integrated supply chain or parts of it; analyzing the relationship between workplace characteristics and health care cost containment practices.
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