Improved intrahospital transport time via proximity-based staff assignments
Implementing a proximity-based assignment system designed based on simulation-optimization modeling improved intrahospital patient transport efficiency without requiring additional staff.
Authors
- Martin S. Copenhaver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9988-260X)
- Retsef Levi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1994-4875)
- Ana Cecilia Zenteno Langle
- Bethany Daily
- Christopher Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1906-6080)
- Peter F. Dunn
- Bruno Viscomi
- Ed Raeke
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaf081
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.52