Advanced management facilities for clinical laboratories.
As part of the OpenLabs (AIM 2028) programme a decision support system (DSS) for laboratory capacity management has been developed. This DSS contains a simulation module for determining the performance of planning rules given the equipment and staffing of the clinical laboratory and the demand for laboratory services. User requirements are discussed and a method is developed to (re-)define rules concerning various planning decisions. To show the functionality of the simulation module some simulation experiments are described.
van Merode
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Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of Limburg, Maastricht, Netherlands. Frits.vanMerode@BLW.Rulimburg.nl
Hasman
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Derks
J
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Schoenmaker
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Goldschmidt
H M
HM
D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management; D009874:Operations Research