An optimization model for task assignment in home health care

Assigning tasks to employee is a difficult task. Errors committed in such assignments can have consequences, such as a reduced efficiency due to absenteeism, lack of job satisfaction, etc. In this paper, we interest in a task assignment problem in home Health Care (HHC). In fact, one of the major pr...

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Published in2010 IEEE Workshop on Health Care Management (WHCM) pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Bachouch, Rym Ben, Guinet, Alain, Hajri-Gabouj, Sonia
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.02.2010
Subjects
Accelerated aging
Decision making
Drug delivery
home health care
Job shop scheduling
Mathematical model
mathematical modeling
Medical services
Pathology
resource planning
Routing
scheduling
Stress
Writing
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Summary:Assigning tasks to employee is a difficult task. Errors committed in such assignments can have consequences, such as a reduced efficiency due to absenteeism, lack of job satisfaction, etc. In this paper, we interest in a task assignment problem in home Health Care (HHC). In fact, one of the major problems in HHC is task assignment to care workers. We describe a method for scheduling tasks and balancing nurses' workload. We present the proposed approach and the associated optimization model. Finally, we discuss extension of our work.
ISBN:1424449979
9781424449972
DOI:10.1109/WHCM.2010.5441277