Purpose This study aims to establish a rigorous model that can pragmatically evaluate the facilities management (FM) performance of hospitals. Design/methodology/approach Among applicable indicators were identified from extant literature, focus group shortlisted ten key (KPIs) in four categories (safety, physical, financial and environmental) verified their practicality. Using analytic network ...

TEFIS portal provides a single access point to different testing and experimental facilities for communities of software and business developers to test, experiment, and collaboratively elaborate knowledge. TEFIS will establish a connector model that makes it possible to interact with testbeds and their resources in a unified manner using Web services. Initially TEFIS platform integrates 7 comp...

There is no solid data on how many dialysis facilities and home hemodialysis programs in the United States are cannulating arteriovenous fistulas via the Buttonhole Technique. In the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Renal Network #16), approximately 38% of facilities are utilizing the buttonhole technique. In this article, four of those facilities will share their experiences, which suggest the But...

We present the design of an OSI-based network management system for the Xunet ATM platform. We de ne a set of inheritance and containment trees and elaborate on the problem of linking logical objects in the Management Information Base with the corresponding network objects. Furthermore, we address several issues that are left open by the OSI management standards and require further consideratio...