Assessing the Role of Community Forest Management: A Geographical Information System (GIS)-based approach

This paper examined e-logistic practices and health care supply chain management in the context of Ugandan public referral hospitals. The prime objective was to examine the relationship between e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management. A quantitative research approach was utilized to gather data from public referral hospitals respondents using structured survey questionnaires.  For data analysis, descriptive statistics and Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling were utilised, aided by SmartPLS 3. Findings showed a positive significant relationship between e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management in the context of Ugandan public referral hospitals. This study implies that the key e-logistics operations in relation to the performance of health care supply chain management, are central management of drugs, the correct order picking of drugs given to the right patients for quality control, and presence of an electronic system to update stock daily. Additionally, the findings designated that, e-logistics operations are related to the performance of health care supply chain management in terms of ICTs tracking systems and data transparency. The practical implication to the health sector- stakeholders, is to consider ICT-tracking systems and data transparency for e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management

E-logistic Practices and Health Care Supply Chain Management for Public Referral Hospitals in Uganda

This paper examined e-logistic practices and health care supply chain management in the context of Ugandan public referral hospitals. The prime objective was to examine the relationship between e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management. A quantitative research approach was utilized to gather data from public referral hospitals respondents using structured survey questionnaires.  For data analysis, descriptive statistics and Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling were utilised, aided by SmartPLS 3. Findings showed a positive significant relationship between e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management in the context of Ugandan public referral hospitals. This study implies that the key e-logistics operations in relation to the performance of health care supply chain management, are central management of drugs, the correct order picking of drugs given to the right patients for quality control, and presence of an electronic system to update stock daily. Additionally, the findings designated that, e-logistics operations are related to the performance of health care supply chain management in terms of ICTs tracking systems and data transparency. The practical implication to the health sector- stakeholders, is to consider ICT-tracking systems and data transparency for e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management

HSPM 7336 - The Healthcare Supply Chain

The healthcare supply chain is a vital core business component of the health organization with the mission of delivering the technological elements of the patient care process to the providers of care. From strategic sourcing and purchasing, acquisition, logistics, inventory management, to point of use applications, this course provides understanding, knowledge and evaluation models to operate and manage an organization’s enterprise resource planning and management system, specifically with regard to the supply chain system and the management of that system as evaluated from a strategic, operations management and financial perspective

HSPM 7336 - Supply Chain Management

The healthcare supply chain is a vital core business component of the health organization with the mission of delivering the technological elements of the patient care process to the providers of care. From strategic sourcing and purchasing, acquisition, logistics, inventory management, to point of use applications, this course provides understanding, knowledge and evaluation models to operate and manage an organization’s enterprise resource planning and management system, specifically with regard to the supply chain system and the management of that system as evaluated from a strategic, operations management and financial perspective

HSPM 7336: Supply Chain Management

The healthcare supply chain is a vital core business component of the health organization with the mission of delivering the technological elements of the patient care process to the providers of care. From strategic sourcing and purchasing, acquisition, logistics, inventory management, to point of use applications, this course provides understanding, knowledge and evaluation models to operate and manage an organization’s enterprise resource planning and management system, specifically with regard to the supply chain system and the management of that system as evaluated from a strategic, operations management and financial perspective

Sistem Pelayanan Kesehatan Tanggap Darurat di Kabupaten Ciamis (Health Care Emergency Response System In Ciamis Regency)

Background: District of Ciamis is one of the disaster-prone areas in Indonesia with a high level of vulnerability to naturaldisasters, landslides, fl oods, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Disaster management requires the involvement of a wide rangeof institutions. This study aims to describe the health care system during disaster response with a case study in the districtof Ciamis, West Java province. Method: The study is a qualitative research, conducted in 2011. Collecting data by in- depth interviews, focus group discussions, and secondary data study. Informants as key person come from health care units(Primary Health Care, hospitals) and agencies at district of Ciamis such as BPBD, Polres, Kodim, Dinsos, PMI, Dinkes.Results: The result shows that the major weakness of the current health care system in the District of Ciamis emergencyresponse is in the budget, resources and logistics. There is a good coordination among health sector, but other sectorsare still lacking. Recommandations: It is recommended that health sector improve coordination with relevant institution indisaster management, advocacy to executives, improving human health and socialization skills and disaster preparedness training to the community in disaster-prone areas

Characterization of a Multi-User Indoor Positioning System Based on Low Cost Depth Vision (Kinect) for Monitoring Human Activity in a Smart Home

An increasing number of systems use indoor positioning for many scenarios such as asset tracking, health care, games, manufacturing, logistics, shopping, and security. Many technologies are available and the use of depth cameras is becoming more and more attractive as this kind of device becomes affordable and easy to handle. This paper contributes to the effort of creating an indoor positioning system based on low cost depth cameras (Kinect). A method is proposed to optimize the calibration of the depth cameras, to describe the multi-camera data fusion and to specify a global positioning projection to maintain the compatibility with outdoor positioning systems. The monitoring of the people trajectories at home is intended for the early detection of a shift in daily activities which highlights disabilities and loss of autonomy. This system is meant to improve homecare health management at home for a better end of life at a sustainable cost for the community

Evaluation of the Performance of Expanded Immunization Programme Supply Chain and Logistics Management in Southern Benin Rural Health District

Abstract The objective was to evaluate the performance of the expanded immunization programme's (EPI) supply chain of and logistics management in Comé health district in 2015. This cross-sectional and evaluative study concerned the central deposit of vaccines and 19 health care centers randomly selected. Data on the performance of EIP supply chain of and logistics management were collected from 5 to 30 March 2015 using direct observation, document exploitation, questionnaire and individual interview in 20 health workers directly involved in EIP activities and 59 mothers of children aged 0-11 months. The performance of the supply chain and logistics management was assessed through three components "structure", "process" and "results" using predetermined score of two scales seeking for achievement of criterions included in components. The overall performance of the EIP's supply chain and logistics in the health district of Comé was rated fair (score = 75.2%). The performance level was good for "structure" (score = 90.3%), acceptable for the "process" (score = 79, 85%) and poor for the "results" of the management of supply chain and logistics (score = 59.48%). The level of performance EIP supply chain and logistics was sub-optimal. Adequate measures should be considered to improve the component "result" of the EIP supply chain and logistics management in the health district of Comé

Environmental Factors Of A Medical Organization That Influence Management In A Crisis

The environment with its factors directly affects each organization, forming the processes of interaction inside and outside. The movement of goods, services, and people additionally affects various directions, logistics, and management, which burden health systems and create precedents in providing logistics and service resources in crisis situations.The management of a health organization involves flexibility in terms of functions and largely depends on effective interaction both within the system between its individual elements and between external factors that influence it.The environmental factors relevant to the activity require flexible planning, which has a high degree of reliability and adaptability. The management structures should be prepared in advance to be able to identify and analyze problems and to know about the mechanisms for their elimination. Planning should be fully coordinated and constantly updated to meet the changing environment. This ensures the achievement of the set goals through the organized execution of tasks.The working environment in a healthcare organization is one in which therapeutic and diagnostic measures are carried out, care from medical and non-medical persons for patients. Health conditions are important for both patients and physicians

Supply Chain Management in Zhendong Pharmaceutical Company

Medicines are special commodity related to people’s lives and health, therefore, pharmaceutical distribution is an industry affecting the national economy and the people's livelihood. With health care reform, changeable pharmaceutical policy and fiercely increasing competition in the medical industry, pharmaceutical distribution companies should improve their level of logistics operations and reduce overall logistics management costs in order to gain a leading position in the competition. In China, drug distributors plays roles in logistics, transportation, inventory management and information management services due to little professional third party pharmaceutical logistics provider. Shanxi Zhendong Medical Logistics Company is comprehensive pharmaceutical based business enterprises providing medical logistics and distribution service for more than 10,300 kinds of products. The network of this company covers more than 80 counties of whole Shanxi province, 7,200 small and medium sized hospitals and township health centers, drug superstore chains and community clinics, which become one of the most extensive coverage enterprises in Shanxi Province. Proper logistics performance evaluation and the use of advanced information technology management help pharmaceutical distribution business improve competitiveness. Through the evaluation of the company's logistics performance, can company understand the conditions of logistics operating, identify shortcomings of logistics operations, and then verify the pharmaceutical distribution business logistics performance management has a certain practical significance. Information technology application is the success of pharmaceutical companies’ expansion and management costs reducing. As a link company in pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical distribution enterprises are needed to establish a modern logistics than any other companies