hospital management

Strategies for the Management and Prioritization of Oncology Waiting Lists in the Chilean Public Health System

This chapter presents strategies to improve the management and prioritization of oncology waiting lists in the Chilean public health system. Based on a collaborative project with a secondary-level hospital, the work integrates data science, process …

Operating room scheduling under waiting time constraints: the Chilean GES plan

In 2000, Chile introduced profound health reforms to achieve a more equitable and fairer system (GES plan). The reforms established a maximum waiting time between diagnosis and treatment for a set of diseases, described as an opportunity guarantee …

Operating room scheduling with variable procedure times