Patient flow logistics has to do with the management of patient physical paths/routes within a healthcare delivery organization from the very first access, to the triage towards the most appropriate setting, until the very end phase of discharge and integration with post-acute care. The focus is the optimization of patient flows throughout all the different production units along the entire healthcare chain.

Pellegrino, R., Villa, S., Patient Flow Logistics, in Lega Federic, L. F. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management, Elgar Publishing, Glos 2023: 253- 255 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/251714]

Patient Flow Logistics

Pellegrino, Rossella
Primo
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Villa, Stefano
Secondo
2023

Abstract

Patient flow logistics has to do with the management of patient physical paths/routes within a healthcare delivery organization from the very first access, to the triage towards the most appropriate setting, until the very end phase of discharge and integration with post-acute care. The focus is the optimization of patient flows throughout all the different production units along the entire healthcare chain.
2023
Inglese
Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management
978 1 80088 944 6
Elgar Publishing
Pellegrino, R., Villa, S., Patient Flow Logistics, in Lega Federic, L. F. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management, Elgar Publishing, Glos 2023: 253- 255 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/251714]
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