Archive · 30 Sep 2025
IIM-Indore Model Aims to Improve Cancer Care in Emerging Economies
Imagine a hospital that gives medicine to help people with cancer.
Sometimes, people have to wait a long time to get their medicine.
Researchers at IIM-Indore made a plan to fix this.
They used a computer model to see how the hospital could work better.
They found that by changing how doctors and nurses work, they could make people wait much less time.
Also, they could treat more people each day.
This means people get their medicine faster and hospitals can help more patients.
This is especially helpful in places where hospitals might not have a lot of resources.
IIM-Indore researchers developed a framework to improve cancer care.
The study used a simulation model based on a cancer hospital.
The research addresses inefficiencies in chemotherapy services.
Interventions tested include shift changes, treatment prioritization, and oncologist pooling.
The model could reduce waiting times and increase hospital bed turnover.
- Who
- Researchers at IIM-Indore and a faculty member from St Cloud State University, USA
- What
- Developed a data-driven framework to improve cancer care efficiency.
- When
- Published in Journal of the Operational Research Society; study based on a real case.
- Where
- Emerging economies, study based on a cancer hospital in southern India.
- Why
- To reduce waiting times and improve hospital efficiency in chemotherapy delivery.
- Authors
- Prof Bhavin J Shah, Prof Hasmukh Gajjar, and a faculty member from St Cloud State University, USA
- Institution
- IIM-Indore
- Focus
- Improve chemotherapy delivery efficiency
- Location of Study
- Southern India
- Key Findings
- Waiting times could be reduced by up to 93.5%
- Methodology
- Data-driven framework with simulation model
- Journal
- Journal of the Operational Research Society