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Use of indoor location technologies in healthcare contexts: A scoping review
Lopes, Erik Teixeira; Lopes, Derek Chaves; Pedrozo, Gustavo; Alves, Igor Oliveira; Käfer, Gustavo Alan; Medeiros, Pedro Henrique Santos deThe adoption of healthcare technologies has grown significantly, with real-time location systems (RTLSs) gaining particular attention. Despite decades of research, gaps persist in understanding the current state of the field and its future directions. This scoping review, conducted by PRISMA guidelines, identified 1718 articles retrieved from six databases, from which 83 were included. The findings reveal a dom...
Hospital operations management – characterising patients’ process flows in emer...
Lima, Rui M.; Lopes, Erik Teixeira; Lopes, Derek Chaves; Gonçalves, Bruno Samuel Ferreira; Cunha, Pedro Miguel Guimarães MarquesPurpose: This work aims to integrate the concepts generated by a systematic literature review on patient flows in emergency departments (ED) to serve as a basis for developing a generic process model for ED. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic literature review was conducted using PRISMA guidelines, considering Lean Healthcare interventions describing ED patients’ flows. The initial search found 141 artic...