Home Health Care (HHC) services are a growing sector in the medical service business. These services are based on a delivery network in which patients are hospitalized at their homes and health care providers must deliver coordinated medical care to patients. The fact that patients and medical staff's homes are considered as a component of the delivery network creates a difference from typical ...

Introduction: Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) have formed an integral component of the Irish healthcare system for past decade, yet factors leading its commencement, evolutions over this time, current model service delivery not been widely published. Aeromedical provision may vary significantly from country to and also regionally within countries. Health systems necessities, capaci...

By way of literatures review and investigation, this paper combines general system theory, logistics management theory, collaborative theory with the industry realities in china. On the basis of the analysis, this paper studies the theory give a new definition of the emergency industrial logistics system. In the analysis of industrial emergency logistics system elements, structure, functions an...

BACKGROUND With the rapid development of health services, the progress of medical science and technology, and the improvement of materials research, the consumption of medical consumables (MCs) in medical activities has increased in recent years. However, owing to the lack of effective management methods and the complexity of MCs, there are several management problems including MC waste, low ma...

Background: The emergency medical services system has a vital role in the timely treatment of victims and the reduction of injury and mortality rates. Ambulance response time is an essential variable in evaluating the quality of its services. The aim of this study was to determine the ambulance response time and to compare it according to background variables. Methods: This descriptive study ...

BACKGROUND Accurate dispatch of emergency medical services at the onset of acute stroke is vital in expediting assessment and treatment. We examined the relationship between callers' description of potential stroke symptoms to the emergency medical dispatcher and the subsequent classification and prioritisation of emergency medical services response. AIM To identify key 'indicator' words used...

This paper describes an integrated location-distribution model for coordinating logistics support and evacuation operations in disaster response activities. Logistics planning in emergencies involves dispatching commodities (e.g., medical materials and personnel, specialised rescue equipment and rescue teams, food, etc.) to distribution centres in affected areas and evacuation and transfer of w...