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Optimized Patient Transport

Abstract

In this article, we present an optimized patient transport problem found in most
large hospitals. The proposed solution aims to reduce patient waiting time and transporter
idle time resulting in a higher throughput of patient transports and better patient care.

Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Patrick Schittekat
  • Tomas Nordlander

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Digital / Mathematics and Cybernetics

Year

2012

Published in

Lecture Notes in Management Science

ISSN

2008-0050

Volume

4

Page(s)

289 - 291

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