Coordination of Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring Technologist and Surgery Schedules.
Resource coordination in surgical scheduling remains challenging in health care delivery systems. This is especially the case in highly-specialized settings such as coordinating Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring (IONM) resources. Inefficient coordination yields higher costs, limited access...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Medical Systems Vol. 46; no. 10; pp. 1 - 12 |
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Springer Nature
Oct2022
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