We propose and conceptualize a new measure of information technology-enabled manufacturing capability, based on a plant’s ability to use its mix of inputs to maximize its process outputs, and study the impact of these capabilities on manufacturing plant profitability. Our study extends the literature on IT-enablement of process capabilities using Data Envelopment Analysis, a non-parametric appr...

The human unreliability is the main cause of industrial accidents. In the petrochemical field, about 90% of accidents are due to human errors. Over the years, several models of Human Reliability Analysis have been developed. The major limitation of these models is due to their static nature. Thus, the present research aims to propose a new innovative approach to evaluate the variability of the ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We compare emergency department (ED) operational metrics obtained in the first year of a rotational patient assignment system (in which patients are assigned to physicians automatically according to an algorithm) with those obtained in the last year of a traditional physician self-assignment system (in which physicians assigned themselves to patients at physician discretion). ...

Emergency departments (ED) face significant challenges in delivering high quality and timely patient care on an ever-present background of increasing patient numbers and limited hospital resources. A mismatch between patient demand and the ED's capacity to deliver care often leads to poor patient flow and departmental crowding. These are associated with reduction in the quality of the care deli...

this paper introduces discretionary imprecise data in data envelopment analysis (dea) and discusses the efficiency evaluation of decision making units (dmus) with non-discretionary imprecise data. then, suggests a method for evaluation the efficiency of dmus with non-discretionary imprecise data. when some inputs and outputs are imprecise and non-discretionary, the dea model becomes non-linear ...

بخش اورژانس یکی از شلوغ‌ترین بخش‌های یک بیمارستان است و بهبود عملکرد این تأثیر بسیاری در کیفیت ارائه خدمات دارد. اخیراً پژوهشگران به­‌دلیل تمرکز مهندسی تاب‌آوری مدیریت ناب بر کارایی سیستم‌ها توجه بسیار زیادی به دو دیدگاه کنار یکدیگر داشته‌اند. هدف پژوهش، رویکردی یکپارچه برای ارزیابی مبتنی شاخص‌های با ارتقای رضایت شغلی کاهش هزینه‌های درمانی واحد خصوصی است. منظور، ابتدا شناسایی مؤثر، مدل مفهومی مس...

background hospital emergency departments (eds) are as barometers of the health care system. crowded eds threaten delivery of timely care. prolonged ed wait times reduce the quality of care and increase adverse and sometimes irreversible events. objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the patients' waiting time at namazi and shahid faghihi hospitals in shiraz, iran. patients and m...

This paper describes two pilot projects undertaken in the Province of British Columbia (BC) by the Defence Research and Development Canada Centre for Security Science (DRDC CSS) in partnership with Emergency Management British Columbia (EMBC) and local communities. The pilot projects occurred between May 2012 and September 2013 with three communities of population ranging from 5000 to 90,000. V...