Healthcare systems throughout the world are under pressure to widen access, improve
efficiency and quality of care, and reduce inequity. Achieving these conflicting goals requires …

In recent years, blockchain technology has been increasingly adopted in OTC medicine
supply chains, enabling customers to track the entire process from raw material purchasing …

In this paper, we review the existing studies on the design of financial incentives and
payment mechanisms for healthcare service providers, which have been published in the …

A new generation of healthcare operations management (HOM) scholars is studying timely
healthcare topics (eg, organization design, design of delivery, and organ transplantation) …

Problem definition: The lessons learned over decades of supply chain management provide
an opportunity for stakeholders in complex systems, such as healthcare, to understand …

With the rapid development of telemedicine and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
more and more patients are now resorting to using telemedicine channels for healthcare …

To reduce preventable readmissions, many healthcare systems are transitioning from fee‐
for‐service (FFS) to other reimbursement schemes such as pay‐for‐performance (P4P) or …

In many countries and territories, public hospitals play a major role in coping with the COVID-
19 pandemic. For public hospital managers, on the one hand, they must best utilize their …

Can two competing on-demand service platforms be profitable in equilibrium? This question
is well-studied for firms competing purely on price in a single-sided market, but it is not well …

Premature cessation of antibiotic therapy (nonadherence) is common in long treatment
regimens and can severely compromise health outcomes. In this work, we investigate the …