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Antônio Augusto Gonçalves1,2, Sandro Luís Freire de Castro Silva1, Roberto Luiz Silva Santos1
1Instituto Nacional de Câncer - COAE Tecnologia da Informação, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|July 27, 2019
Summary
Healthcare organizations face efficiency challenges, with medicine inventory shortages a key issue in Brazil. A new Decision Support System improves real-time inventory control and medicine tracking for better healthcare management.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Operations Research
- Supply Chain Management
Background:
- Healthcare organizations globally face criticism for high costs and low efficiency.
- Aging populations and unmet demand exacerbate healthcare system pressures.
- Efficient medicine availability is a critical indicator of healthcare organizational performance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To deploy a Decision Support System (DSS) for real-time inventory control.
- To enhance medicine tracking and provide transparent information access.
- To address critical inventory shortages at the Brazilian National Cancer Institute.
Main Methods:
- Implementation of a Decision Support System (DSS).
- Real-time data integration for inventory management.
- Development of tracking mechanisms for critical medicines.
Main Results:
- Improved transparency and accessibility of medicine inventory information.
- Enhanced real-time control over medicine stock levels.
- Mitigation of medicine inventory shortages within the targeted institute.
Conclusions:
- The deployed DSS effectively supports real-time inventory control and medicine tracking.
- Improved information management contributes to enhanced operational efficiency in healthcare.
- The system provides a scalable solution for addressing medicine availability challenges in Brazilian healthcare organizations.
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