The traditional payment system between an insurer and providers does not incentivize providers to limit their prices nor patients to choose less expensive providers, hence contributing to high insurer expenditures. Reference pricing has been proposed as a way to better align incentives and...

Healthcare reimbursements in the US have been traditionally based upon a fee-for-service (FFS) scheme, providing incentives for high volume of care, rather than efficient care. The new healthcare legislation tests new payment models that remove such incentives, such as the bundled payment (BP)...

Problem Definition: Healthcare industry is in dire need of operational improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Using observational data from an outpatient clinic, we study the impact of introducing capacity flexibility (via exam room design) on the efficiency of care provision,...

With the prevalence of digital devices and internet access, telemedicine (visiting physicians through real-time telecommunication) is becoming an important mode of service. In this work, we study whether the adoption of telemedicine has an impact on physicians' behavior in terms of scheduling...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide, and one treatment for CVDs is what is known as "percutaneous coronary intervention" (PCI). Further, in this study, we consider the coronary stent, a medical device used in PCI. There are two common types of stents...

Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Übersicht -- Inhalt -- Verzeichnis der Tabellen und Abbildungen -- Beschäftigungswirkungen moderner Technologien -- TEIL I. BETRIEBSEBENE -- Der Kontext entscheidet: Wirkungen des Einsatzes computergestützter Techniken in Industriebetrieben -- Diffusion neuer...