title: A conceptual framework for automating the operational and strategic decision-making process in the health care delivery system.
abstract: Making reliable and justified operational and strategic decisions is a really challenging task in the health care domain. So far, the decisions have been made based on the experience of managers and staff, or they are evaluated with traditional methods, using inadequate data. As a result of this kind of decision-making process, attempts to improve operations usually have failed or led to only local improvements. Health care organizations have a lot of operational data, in addition to clinical data, which is the key element for making reliable and justified decisions. However, it is progressively problematic to access it and make usage of it. In this paper we discuss about the possibilities how to exploit operational data in the most efficient way in the decision-making process. We'll share our future visions and propose a conceptual framework for automating the decision-making process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. toni.ruohonen@jyu.fi
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruohonen
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ennejmy
mesh_terms: D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005387:Finland; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives