This paper addresses the problem of scheduling Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examinations and has a twofold aim: investigating, via simulation, the long-term effect of the implementation of a First Come First Served-like heuristic; assessing the effectiveness, in terms of due date fulfilment, of the implementation of three managerial actions: cross training radiologists; reserving capacity to urgent pa-tients, reducing the number of inappropriate prescriptions. By means of a factori-al analysis, we demonstrate that cross-training radiologists and reducing the amount of inappropriate prescriptions, allow better matching the patient’s due-dates, than reserving capacity to urgent patients.

Scheduling magnetic resonance Imaging examinations: an empirical analysis / Visintin, Filippo; Cappanera, Paola. - STAMPA. - 169:(2016), pp. 65-77. (Intervento presentato al convegno Second International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering tenutosi a Lyon nel 27-29 May 2015) [10.1007/978-3-319-35132-2_7].

Scheduling magnetic resonance Imaging examinations: an empirical analysis

VISINTIN, FILIPPO;CAPPANERA, PAOLA
2016

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This paper addresses the problem of scheduling Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examinations and has a twofold aim: investigating, via simulation, the long-term effect of the implementation of a First Come First Served-like heuristic; assessing the effectiveness, in terms of due date fulfilment, of the implementation of three managerial actions: cross training radiologists; reserving capacity to urgent pa-tients, reducing the number of inappropriate prescriptions. By means of a factori-al analysis, we demonstrate that cross-training radiologists and reducing the amount of inappropriate prescriptions, allow better matching the patient’s due-dates, than reserving capacity to urgent patients.
2016
Health Care Systems Engineering for Scientists and Practitioners
Second International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering
Lyon
27-29 May 2015
Visintin, Filippo; Cappanera, Paola
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