Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Applications

An Acquisition Support System for Public Healthcare — Case Study of the U.S. Children Vaccine Program

Authors
H.B Wang, W. Wang, Da Huo, Jaime Oritz, Y.Q Xu
Corresponding Author
H.B Wang
Available Online June 2015.
DOI
10.2991/cisia-15.2015.232How to use a DOI?
Keywords
decision support; multiple criteria; transportation; public healthcare
Abstract

This study aims to analyze the existing federal acquisition policy in public healthcare in the United States, especially in the case of childhood immunization, and then propose a new multiple items multiple vendors model to accomodate these criteria, with the objectives of lowering costs including transportation and wastage. It develops an integrated spreadsheet based software to collect data with an automated web based scraper/crawler that allows to: forecast demand, analyze vendors, estimate overall cost and provide useful information for decision makers. This study uses the case of children’s immunization vaccines as an example to illustrate its contribution. . The proposed system also addresses the challenge of implementing the new government recommended immunization requirements in a cost effective manner. In addition, the new acquisition decision support system enhances the transparency of healthcare costs, especially in the public health service.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Applications
Series
Advances in Computer Science Research
Publication Date
June 2015
ISBN
978-94-62520-72-1
ISSN
2352-538X
DOI
10.2991/cisia-15.2015.232How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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