Emergency Medical Services: Saving Lives

Using Operations Management to Improve Healthcare Access

The authors present their findings on how best to optimise the placement of point-of-care (POC) devices in health networks in resource-limited countries Introduction A major constraint in tackling diseases with high socioeconomic burden (e.g., Tuberculosis, Malaria, HIV) in many resource-strapped economies is the unavailability of appropriate diagnostic devices that can inform clinical decisions in a timely manner. Existing devices to diagnose these …