Operational Research Approaches
Seiten
2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-23697-3 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-23697-3 (ISBN)
This Element describes key concepts and common approaches in operational research, and explores its potential to help analyse and improve healthcare services. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Operational research is a collection of modelling techniques used to structure, analyse, and solve problems related to the design and operation of complex human systems. While many argue that operational research should play a key role in improving healthcare services, staff may be largely unaware of its potential applications. This Element explores operational research's wartime origins and introduce several approaches that operational researchers use to help healthcare organisations: address well-defined decision problems; account for multiple stakeholder perspectives; and describe how system performance may be impacted by changing the configuration or operation of services. The authors draw on examples that illustrate the valuable perspective that operational research brings to improvement initiatives and the challenges of implementing and scaling operational research solutions. They discuss how operational researchers are working to surmount these problems and suggest further research to help operational researchers have greater beneficial impact in healthcare improvement. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Operational research is a collection of modelling techniques used to structure, analyse, and solve problems related to the design and operation of complex human systems. While many argue that operational research should play a key role in improving healthcare services, staff may be largely unaware of its potential applications. This Element explores operational research's wartime origins and introduce several approaches that operational researchers use to help healthcare organisations: address well-defined decision problems; account for multiple stakeholder perspectives; and describe how system performance may be impacted by changing the configuration or operation of services. The authors draw on examples that illustrate the valuable perspective that operational research brings to improvement initiatives and the challenges of implementing and scaling operational research solutions. They discuss how operational researchers are working to surmount these problems and suggest further research to help operational researchers have greater beneficial impact in healthcare improvement. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
1. Introduction; 2. What is Operational Research?; 3. A Brief History of Operational Research in UK Healthcare; 4 .Operational Research in Action; 5. Critiques of the Approach; 6. Conclusions; 7. Further Reading; Contributors; References.
Erscheinungsdatum | 14.11.2022 |
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Reihe/Serie | Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare |
Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 151 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 90 g |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management | |
ISBN-10 | 1-009-23697-0 / 1009236970 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-23697-3 / 9781009236973 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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