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，重点是医疗保健行业的需求和容量建模以及资源分配问题。 我特别关注的是，卫生保健部门倾向于将部门视为独立的活动筒仓。例如，决策者为手术室制定时间表，很少或根本不考虑这对恢复室和病房的影响。急诊科的功能几乎独立于医院的其他部门。医生是典型的独立企业家，他们的动机是病人的福利和个人报酬;他们主要不关心系统效率。 医院独立于疗养院、家庭护理和社区（包括全科医生）做出运营决策。 这一制度效率低下、繁琐不堪，也就不足为奇了。 与此同时，政府不断受到要求更多资金的绝望要求的轰炸。 如何分配有限的财政资源？ 稀缺的人力资源应该如何配置？

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?