Introduction: Every year several disease outbreaks, such as influenza-like illnesses (ILI) and other contagious illnesses, impose various costs to public and non-government agencies. Most of these expenses are due to not being ready to handle such disease outbreaks. An appropriate preparation will reduce the expenses. A system that is able to recognize these outbreaks can earn ...

We investigate the uniqueness of stable coalition structures, when the value of a coalition to a member depends solely on the identity of the other members of the coalition. We give a complete characterization of collections of coalitions which ensure that there is a unique stable coalition structure at every preference profile when only admissible coalitions may form. An alternative characteri...

background: business process management systems (bpm) can automate all processes in an organization. these systems provide the possibility of identifying, modeling, deploying, implementing, function managing, integrating with other information systems, monitoring and improving an organization's business processes in a standard form. as far as the authors know, no related research has been ...

INTRODUCTION Surge capacity for optimization of access to hospital beds is a limiting factor in response to catastrophic events. Medical facilities, communication tools, manpower, and resource reserves exist to respond to these events. However, these factors may not be optimally functioning to generate an effective and efficient surge response. The objective was to improve the function of these...

The extent to which business coalitions and their employer members are catalysts for improving quality of care is of interest to policymakers, who need to know where and under what circumstances the marketplace succeeds on its own in assuring quality. Using data from the 1998 National Business Coalition on Health annual survey, this paper indicates that most coalitions have an infrastructure in...

abstract purpose of this paper: this paper presents an analysis toward understanding the business value components that a health care organization can drive by adopting rfid technology into its system. this researcher proposes a framework for evaluating the business value of rfid technology. to do so, emphasis is put on delivering business value through refining business processes and expanding...

A coalition consists of independent organizations that share resources and skills to achieve significant mission objectives. Dynamic coalition formations occur in response to some market demands, business requests, or disaster responses, to name a few. Partners forming a coalition are automatically selected given some business criteria and become active participants from the time the coalition ...

BACKGROUND The Coalition for Health Access to Reach Greater Equity (Project CHARGE) is a health policy advocacy coalition devoted to improving healthcare access for Asian Americans in New York City. OBJECTIVES This paper discusses Project CHARGE's strategies for building a successful coalition. METHODS Findings are based on evaluation data from field observations and surveys of Coalition re...