Nathan Proudlove

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• 2022

  Doing today’s work today: real-time data recording and rolling audit in an IVF clinic

  Wood, L. & Proudlove, N., 28 Sep 2022, In: BMJ Open Quality. 11, 3, p. e001943 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Time 100%
  • Patient 60%
  • Teams 40%
  • Clinical Audit 30%
  • Touch 30%

• Getting going on time: reducing neurophysiology setup times in order to contribute to improving surgery start and finish times

  Pridgeon, M. & Proudlove, N., 22 Jul 2022, In: BMJ Open Quality. 11, 3, p. e001808 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Surgery 100%
  • Patient 57%
  • Measurement 28%
  • Enalapril Maleate 14%
  • Patient Monitoring 14%

• Improving the turnaround times of infectious disease markers reporting in an NHS stem cell department

  Li, Y. & Proudlove, N., Jun 2022, In: BMJ Open Quality. 11, 2, p. e001814 8 p., e001814.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Infection 100%
  • Transplantation 100%
  • Disease Marker 83%
  • Patient 50%
  • Blood 50%

• Successful demand management in diagnostic immunology testing

  Lilly, K., Proudlove, N. & Bethune, C., 19 Dec 2022, In: Journal of Clinical Pathology. jclinpath-2022-208334.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Ordering 100%
  • Algorithm 100%
  • Clinician 80%
  • Software 60%
  • Hospital 40%
  6 Downloads (Pure)

• The impact of management practices on relative patient mortality: Evidence from public hospitals

  Salehnejad, R., Ali, M. & Proudlove, N. C., Nov 2022, In: Health Services Management Research. 35, 4, p. 240-250 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Mortality 100%
  • Hospitals 75%
  • Hospital 75%
  • Patients 62%
  • Practice 62%
• 2021

  Improving turnaround times for HLA-B*27 and HLA-B*57:01 gene testing: A Barts Health NHS Trust quality improvement project

  White, E., Proudlove, N. & Kallon, D., 13 Sep 2021, In: BMJ Open Quality. 10, 3, p. e001538 8 p., e001538.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Project 100%
  • Time 83%
  • Antigen 66%
  • Leukocyte 66%
  • Turnaround Time 66%
  41 Downloads (Pure)

• Making every drop count: Reducing wastage of a novel blood component for transfusion of trauma patients

  McCullagh, J., Proudlove, N., Tucker, H., Davies, J., Edmondson, D., Lancut, J., Maddison, A., Weaver, A., Davenport, R. & Green, L., 8 Jul 2021, In: BMJ Open Quality. 10, 3, 8 p., e001396.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Patient 100%
  • Plasma 62%
  • Cells 62%
  • Injury 50%
  • Obstetric Delivery 37%
  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Summarised, verified and accessible: Improving clinical information management for potential haematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients

  May, F., Pepperall, J., Davies, E., Dyer, S., Proudlove, N. & Rees, M. T., 22 Oct 2021, In: BMJ Open Quality. 10, 4, 8 p., e001605.

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  • Patient 100%
  • Interpersonal Communication 25%
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 25%
  • Teams 25%
  • Transplantation 16%
  43 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Roles and behaviours of diligent and dynamic healthcare boards

  Chambers, N., Smith, J., Proudlove, N., Thorlby, R., Kendrick, H. & Mannion, R., 1 May 2020, In: Health Services Management Research. 33, 2, p. 96–108 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Health Care 100%
  • Leadership 100%
  • Healthcare 100%
  • Organizations 60%
  • Behavior 60%
  52 Downloads (Pure)

• The 85% bed occupancy fallacy: The use, misuse and insights of queuing theory

  Proudlove, N., 29 Aug 2020, In: Health Services Management Research. 33, 3, p. 110-121 12 p.

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  • Queuing Theory 100%
  • Managers 100%
  • Patient 66%
  • Time 66%
  • Length of Stay 66%
  304 Downloads (Pure)

• The measurement and improvement of maternity service performance through inspection and rating: An observational study of maternity services in acute hospitals in England

  Allen, T., Walshe, K., Proudlove, N. & Sutton, M., 1 Nov 2020, In: Health Policy. 124, 11, p. 1233-1238 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Indicator 100%
  • Hospital 28%
  • Gynecologist 28%
  • Obstetrician 28%
  • Procedures 14%

• Using quality indicators to predict inspection ratings: Cross-sectional study of general practices in England

  Allen, T., Walshe, K., Proudlove, N. & Sutton, M., 2020, In: British Journal of General Practice. 70, 690, p. E55-E63 e63.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Indicator 100%
  • General Practice 30%
  • Prediction 20%
  • Cross-Sectional Study 20%
  • Procedures 10%
• 2019

  Capturing Context: An Exploration of Service Delivery Networks in Complex Case Management

  Spurrell, M., Araujo, L. & Proudlove, N., Jan 2019, In: Industrial Marketing Management. 76, 1, p. 1-11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Networks 100%
  • Contexts 66%
  • Service Delivery 66%
  • Service 50%
  • Stakeholders 50%
  27 Downloads (Pure)

• Combining regression trees and panel regression for exploring and testing the impact of complementary management practices on short-notice elective operation cancellation rates

  Salehnejad, R., Ali, M. & Proudlove, N., 19 Apr 2019, In: Health Systems. 9, 4, p. 326-344 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Practice 100%
  • Management 100%
  • Regression 80%
  • Performance 60%
  • Testing 40%
  66 Downloads (Pure)

• Do performance indicators predict regulator ratings of healthcare providers? Cross-sectional study of acute hospitals in England

  Allen, T., Walshe, K., Proudlove, N. & Sutton, M., 14 Nov 2019, In: International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 32, 2, p. 113-119 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Ratings 100%
  • Indicator 66%
  • Trust 66%
  • Hospital 55%
  • Performance 44%

• Measurement and improvement of emergency department performance through inspection and rating: an observational study of emergency departments in acute hospitals in England

  Allen, T., Walshe, K., Proudlove, N. & Sutton, M., 2019, In: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ. 36, 6, p. 326-332

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Hospital 100%
  • Indicator 80%
  • Emergency Ward 80%
  • Procedure 40%
  • Procedures 20%

• The Signal in the Noise: robust detection of performance 'outliers' in health services

  Proudlove, N., Goff, M., Walshe, K. & Boaden, R., 15 May 2019, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 70, 7, p. 1102-1114

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Service 100%
  • Decision Maker 100%
  • Outlier 100%
  • Detection 50%
  • Service Delivery 50%
• 2018

  A BPMN extension to support discrete-event simulation for healthcare applications: an explicit representation of queues, attributes and data-driven decision points

  Onggo, S., Proudlove, N., D'Ambrogio, A., Calabrese, A., Bisogno, S. & Levialdi Ghiron, N., 4 May 2018, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 69, 5, p. 788-802 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Business Process Model 100%
  • Stakeholders 75%
  • Application 50%
  • Simulation Model 50%
  • Decision Point 50%
  296 Downloads (Pure)

• Improvement capability and performance: a qualitative study of maternity services providers in the UK

  Darley, S., Walshe, K., Boaden, R., Proudlove, N. & Goff, M., 2018, In: International Journal for Quality in Health Care. p. 1-9 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Total Quality Management 100%
  • Case Study 75%
  • Health Care Organization 75%
  • Qualitative Analysis 25%
  • Midwife 25%

• Investigating consistent patterns of variation in short-notice cancellations of elective operations: the potential for learning and improvement through multi-site evaluations

  Proudlove, N., Samarasinghe, B. & Walshe, K., 1 Aug 2018, In: Health Services Management Research. 31, 3, p. 111-119

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Hospitals 100%
  • Patient 100%
  • Hospital 100%
  • Performance 75%
  • Patients 50%
  63 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Towards fully-facilitated discrete event simulation modelling: Addressing the model coding stage

  Proudlove, N., Bisogno, S., Onggo, S., Calabrese, A. & Levialdi Ghiron, N., 2017, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 263, 2, p. 583-595

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Facilitated Workshop 100%
  • Stakeholders 75%
  • Simulation Model 50%
  • Business Process Model 50%
  • Discrete Event Simulation 50%
  94 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Board leadership in the wake of Francis: challenges, changes and achievements

  Chambers, N., Boyd, A., Kendrick, H., Proudlove, N., Thorlby, R., Smith, J. & Mannion, R., 10 Jun 2016, In: Health Service Journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• 2013

  Improvements and corrections to estimating probabilities in the formula for planning a list of operations to fit into a scheduled list time

  Proudlove, N., Hine, A., Tavare, A. & Pandit, J., 2013, In: European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 30, 10, p. 633-635 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2012

  Cracking the rankings Part (i): Understanding the Financial Times MBA rankings

  Proudlove, N. C., 2012, In: OR Insight. 25, 4, p. 221-240 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Ranking 100%
  • Business School 80%
  • Time 60%
  • Research Worker 40%
  • Methodology 40%
  75 Downloads (Pure)

• Cracking the rankings Part (ii): Understanding the Financial Times European Business Schools rankings

  Proudlove, N. C., 2012, In: OR Insight. 25, 4, p. 241-253 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Ranking 100%
  • Managers 16%
  67 Downloads (Pure)
• 2011

  A partial differential equation system for modelling stochastic storage in physical systems with applications to wind power generation

  Howell, S. D., Duck, P. W., Hazel, A., Johnson, P. V., Pinto, H., Strbac, G., Proudlove, N. & Black, M., Jul 2011, In: IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 22, 3, p. 231-252 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Simulation 100%
  • Partial Differential Equation System 100%
  • Application 50%
  • Generation 50%
  • Standards 50%

• Cracking the rankings Part (i): Understanding the Financial Times MBA rankings

  Proudlove, N., 7 Dec 2011, In: OR Insight. 23, p. 221-240 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ranking 100%
  • Business School 80%
  • Time 60%
  • Research Worker 40%
  • Methodology 40%

• Cracking the rankings Part (ii): Understanding the Financial Times European Business Schools rankings

  Proudlove, N., 7 Dec 2011, In: OR Insight. 25, p. 241-253 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ranking 100%
  • Managers 16%
• 2009

  Quality improvement approaches in the NHS: recent lessons and future prospects

  Proudlove, N. C., Nov 2009, In: National Health Executive.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2008

  Lessons for lean in healthcare from using six sigma in the NHS

  Proudlove, N., Moxham, C. & Boaden, R., Feb 2008, In: Public Money and Management. 28, 1, p. 27-34 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Health Service 100%
  • Socialized Medicine 100%
  • Health Care 66%
  • Healthcare 66%
  • UK 66%
• 2007

  A statistical investigation of inventory shrinkage in a large retail chain

  Howell, SD. & Proudlove, NC., 2007, In: The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research. 17, 2, p. 101-120 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shrinkage 100%
  • Model 33%
  • Chain 33%
  • Demographics 33%
  • Customer 33%

• Developing bed managers: the why and the how

  Proudlove, N., Boaden, R. & Jorgensen, J., 2007, In: Journal of Nursing Management. 15, 1, p. 34-42 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nurse Manager 100%
  • Patient 50%
  • Surgery 50%
  • Hospital 50%
  • Program Evaluation 50%

• OR and the challenge to improve the NHS: Modelling for insight and improvement in in-patient flows

  Proudlove, N. C., Black, S. & Fletcher, A., Feb 2007, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 58, 2, p. 145-158 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Simulation Mode 100%
  • Health Service 75%
  • Service 75%
  • Patients 50%
  • Understanding 50%
• 2006

  Information systems for supporting operational management of hospital beds in the NHS

  Proudlove, N. C. & Boaden, R., 2006, In: International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management. 7, 6, p. 474-491 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Information System 100%
  • Bed 100%
  • Program 66%
  • Management 66%
  • Utilization 66%
• 2005

  Using operational information and information systems to improve in-patient flow in hospitals

  Proudlove, N. C. & Boaden, R., 2005, In: Journal of Health, Organisation and Management. 19, 6, p. 466-477 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Information System 100%
  • Flow 100%
  • Programs 87%
  • Information Technology 75%
  • Information Systems 75%
• 2004

  Bed management. Pillow talk.

  Proudlove, N., 2004, In: The Health service journal. 114, 5894, p. 34-35 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Improving Bed Management

  Proudlove, N. C., 2004, In: Health Service Journal. 114, p. 34-35

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• System dynamics modelling for supply chain management—a case study on a supermarket supply chain in the UK

  Ge, Y., Yang, J. B., Proudlove, N. & Spring, M., 2004, In: International Transactions in Operational Research. 11(5), p. 495-509

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2003

  Can good bed management solve the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments?

  Proudlove, N. C., Gordon, K. & Boaden, R., 2003, In: Emergency Medicine Journal. 20, 2, p. 149-155 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2002

  Winter planning. Seasonal cycles.

  Proudlove, N. & Brown, C., 31 Jan 2002, In: The Health service journal. 112, 5790, p. 24-25 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Discharge 100%
  • Weather 100%
  • Simulation Mode 50%
  • Planning 50%
  • Hospitals 50%
• 2000

  Intelligent systems in manufacturing: Current developments and future prospects

  Meziane, F., Vadera, S., Kobbacy, K. & Proudlove, N., 2000, In: Integrated Manufacturing Systems. 11, 3, p. 218-238 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Manufacturing System 100%
  • Artificial Intelligence 66%
  • Procedure 50%
  • Automated Manufacturing 33%
  • Economic and Social Development 16%
• 1999

  An exploratory study of bed management

  Boaden, R., Proudlove, N. & Wilson, M., 1999, In: Journal of Management in Medicine. 13, 4-5, p. 234-250 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bed 100%
  • Management 37%
  • Managers 37%
  • Patient 12%
  • Context 12%
• 1998

  Intelligent management systems in operations: A review

  Proudlove, N. C., Vaderá, S. & Kobbacy, K. A. H., Jul 1998, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 49, 7, p. 682-699 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Area 100%
  • Surgery 100%
  • Management 75%
  • Decision 25%
  • Computer 25%

• ‘Search Widely, Choose Wisely’: A Proposal for Linking Judgmental Decision-making and Creative Problem-Solving Approaches

  Proudlove, N. C., 1998, In: Creativity and Innovation Management. 7, 2, p. 73-91

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 1995

  Towards an intelligent maintenance optimisation system

  Kobbacy, K. A. H., Proudlove, N. C. & Harper, M. A., 1995, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 46, 7, p. 831-853

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Towards an intelligent maintenance optimization system

  Kobbacy, K. A. H., Proudlove, N. C. & Harper, M. A., 1995, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 46, 7, p. 831-853 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Optimization 100%
  • Evaluation 33%
  • Validation 33%
  • Rule Base 33%
  • Technical System 33%
• 1993

  Group decision support for IT system procurement: the use of multi-attribute decision support in the NHS

  Proudlove, N. C., Naudé, P. & Bellingham, R., 1993, In: OR Insight. 7, 3, p. 6-11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review