One of the most important health care services is emergency medical service as it plays a
vital role in saving people's lives and reducing the rate of mortality and morbidity. Over the …

We provide a comprehensive overview of the typical decisions to be made in resource
capacity planning and control in health care, and a structured review of relevant articles from …

In recent years, Operations Research/Management (OR/OM) has had a significant impact on
improving the performance of hospital Emergency Departments (EDs). This includes …

Abstract Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems worldwide are complex systems,
characterized by significant variation in service providers, care pathways, patient case-mix …

The main purpose of Emergency Medical Service systems is to save lives by providing quick
response to emergencies. The performance of these systems is affected by the location of …

Emergencies, especially those considered routine (ie, occurring on a daily basis), pose
great threats to health, life, and property. Immediate response and treatment can greatly …

Emergency medical service (EMS) systems provide urgent medical care and transport. In
this study we implement dispatching policies for EMS systems that incorporate the severity of …

Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) have attracted significant research interest because of their
promising applications across different domains; nonetheless, how to effectively model …

Among the wide range of medical services, prehospital health care is one of the most
relevant, as it usually involves an emergency situation. The qualified medical team is …

In this paper, an analytic review of the recent methodologies tackling the problem of dynamic
allocation of ambulances was carried out. Considering that state-of-the-art is moving to deal …