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Universidade de São Paulo
2021
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- Outpatient regulation system in health management: economic benefits of technological innovations Alceu Salles Camargo Jr Administración y Contabilidad Patient no show rates Technological innovation Economic evaluation of benefits Outpatient appointments regulation system The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the economic benefits of managing an outpatient appointments system with technological innovations. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a quantitative methodological procedures aiming to evaluate the cost-benefit relation and also the payback of the management and operation of an outpatient appointments system with technological innovations.FindingsThis study found a great benefit-cost relation of 30.6 showing the great economic value and social impact of managing an outpatient appointments regulation system with technological innovations.Research limitations/implicationsThis study presents contribution to the literature discussion about the economic evaluation of the benefits of managing and operating more effective outpatient appointments systems because of important technological innovations.Practical implicationsThis paper presents and discusses the most important and commonly used strategies and technological innovations to deal with and to manage an outpatient appointment regulation system aiming to reduce the patient no-show rates.Social implicationsThe findings of this study show a great benefit-cost relation of about 30.6 which is being reverted to the society.Originality/valueThere not exist many similar studies in the pertinent literature, mostly with the Brazilian contexts. 2021 artículo científico 2515-8961 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=537566869006 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5375/537566869006/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5375/537566869006/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5375/537566869006/537566869006.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5375/537566869006/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5375 Innovation & Management Review application/pdf Universidade de São Paulo Innovation & Management Review (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.18