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A Comparative Performance Study of AHP and Fuzzy AHP Methods for Optimizing Drug Assignment in Automated Drug Dispensing Systems
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This paper uses the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) to optimize drug assignment in Free-Fall-Flow-Rack AS/RS Automated Drug Dispensing (ADD) systems. By prioritizing drug placement within ADD ...
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Efficiency in Medication Assignment: A Literature Review on Automated Dispensing Systems and Controller Synthesis
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Efficient medication management within healthcare facilities is paramount for ensuring patient well-being. This literature article delves into the intricacies of optimizing medication assignment within automated dispensing systems (ADSs)...
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Improvement of human performance in healthcare systems by taking into account physician behavior
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Purpose: Efficiency standards, similar to industrial measures like overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), are being used in healthcare systems more and more. Performance indicator models applied to machines assume a constant completion t...
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Modeling and control of drug assignment for pharmaceutical cabinets using discrete event systems approaches
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The public health sector, considered to be vital, especially in this pandemic crisis of COVID-19, requires automation and control of drug distribution in pharmacies commonly called: “Dispensing.” In this paper, we address the medication ...
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Healthcare Supply Chain: Resilience Qualitative Evaluation
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Hospital resilience is a pivotal factor in determining the effectiveness of healthcare supply chains, particularly in the face of diverse disruptions and challenges. This chapter conducts a rigorous examination of hospital resilience by ...
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K-means and DBSCAN for look-alike sound-alike medicines issue
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The goal of this study is to analyse the application of data mining techniques in clustering drug names based on their spelling similarity in order to reduce the occurrence of dispensing errors caused by look-alike sound-alike medicine c...
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Analytical solving of the storage location assignment problem in drug dispensing systems based on a Min-Plus control approach
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Pharmacy automation is becoming a key technology to cope with the increase in the demand of healthcare services. In this context, the Automated Drug Dispensing Systems allow for a large volume of dispensing compared to manual dispensing....
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Resilience of the hospital supply chain: a case study-based approach on safety stock
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Bronchiolitis, a common respiratory condition in children, significantly burdens hospitals during seasonal surges. This study proposes a strategy to enhance hospital resilience by calculating safety stock levels to manage patient demand ...
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