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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 patients, reducing the number of inappropriate prescriptions. By means of a factorial 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.
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Visintin, F., Cappanera, P. (2016). Scheduling Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examinations: An Empirical Analysis. In: Matta, A., Sahin, E., Li, J., Guinet, A., Vandaele, N. (eds) Health Care Systems Engineering for Scientists and Practitioners. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 169. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-35132-2_7
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