Patient Flow Analysis in General Hospitals: How Clinical Disciplines Affect Outpatient Wait Times

Optimal Scheduling Disciplines in Systems with Wait-dependent Service Times

In this paper, we consider the problem of scheduling a nite number of jobs with stochastic wait-dependent processing times. We review the literature on this topic and present some new results. In particular, for certain processing time functions, we nd the policy which stochastically minimizes the makespan of the system.

Elderly face longer bed wait times in hospitals.

Solving Group Scheduling Problem in No-wait Flow Shop with Sequence Dependent Setup Times

Different manufacturing enterprises use regularly scheduling algorithms in order to help meeting demands over time and reducing operational costs. Nowadays, for a better useofresources and manufacturingin accordance withcustomer needs and given the level ofcompetitionbetweencompanies, employing asuitablescheduling programhasa double importance. Conventional productionmethods are constantly subs...

Wait times: the appropriateness of the methodology and how they affect patients.

T issue of the Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS ) includes 2 articles on a common theme: waiting for surgery. They complement others recently published in CJS, including an article on prioritizing patients waiting for hip and knee arthroplasty. Written by Shortt and colleagues, the first of these 3 articles would imply that waiting periods are a standard feature of surgical care in Canada today...