Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7543572 | Operations Research for Health Care | 2017 | 37 Pages |
Abstract
The main contribution of this paper is in describing the process of implementing an abstract mathematical model in a busy intensive care unit and the independent qualitative evaluation of the work about how potential barriers to implementation were addressed as part of a “modellers in residence” programme that led to us building a software tool that is still being used by the hospital more than 4 years after initial implementation. In particular, we draw together lessons from our work that we think will benefit other operational researchers wanting to work effectively with health care organisations on similar problems.
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Authors
Christina Pagel, Victoria Banks, Catherine Pope, Pauline Whitmore, Katherine Brown, Allan Goldman, Martin Utley,