Quantitative applications for health care planning, scheduling and resource allocation

我的研究涉及工业/系统工程技术的应用，重点关注医疗保健行业的需求和能力建模以及资源分配问题。我特别关注的是，在医疗保健领域，人们倾向于将各个部门视为独立的活动领域。例如，决策者为手术室制定时间表，很少或根本没有考虑这对恢复室和病房的影响。急诊科的运作几乎独立于医院的其他部门。医生通常是独立的企业家，他们的动机是病人的福利和他们的个人补偿；他们主要关心的不是系统效率。医院的运营决策独立于养老院、家庭护理和社区（包括全科医生）。这一体系效率低下和繁琐也不足为奇。与此同时，政府不断受到迫切要求更多资金的轰炸。有限的财政资源应该如何分配？稀缺的人力资源应该如何分配？

My research involves the application of Industrial/Systems Engineering techniques focusing on demand and capacity modeling and resource allocation issues in the health care industry. I am particularly concerned about the tendency in health care to treat departments as independent silos of activity. For example, decision makers construct schedules for the operating rooms with little or no consideration of the impact this has on recovery rooms and wards. The Emergency Department functions almost independent of the rest of the hospital. Doctors are typically independent entrepreneurs who are motivated by the welfare of their patients and by their personal compensation; they are not primarily concerned with system efficiency. Hospitals make operational decisions independent from nursing homes, home care and the community (including GPs.) It is little wonder that the system is inefficient and cumbersome. At the same time, the government is constantly bombarded with desperate requests for more money. How should limited financial resources be distributed? How should scarce human resources be allocated?