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IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, an official journal of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, publishes original high-quality papers on healthcare related topics of interest to researchers who want to remain current with cutting edge approaches to healthcare problems. The refereed journal aims to foster the healthcare systems community by publishing papers that have a strong methodological focus and direct applicability to healthcare systems. Published quarterly, the journal is composed of six departments: Healthcare Operations Management, Medical Decision Making, Socio-Technical Systems Analysis, Quality Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, and Healthcare Policy.    

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering encourages research motivated by the challenging problems related to healthcare systems. The journal publishes papers that document the development and use of industrial and systems engineering tools and techniques including operations research, statistics, information systems, work measurement, and human factors/ergonomics applied to healthcare systems. The integration of these tools and techniques with those from other engineering and medical disciplines are also featured. Review papers and articles covering new methodologies, state-of-the-art surveys, technical notes, and book reviews are also included within the scope of the journal.  

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering receives all manuscript submissions electronically via their ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/UHSE.  ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/. If you have any other requests please contact the journal's editor at john.fowler@asu.edu.

During the submission process, you will be required to certify that the manuscript (1) is not under review at any other journal and will not be submitted to another journal until IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering makes an editorial decision regarding the paper; (2) has not been published in any other journal; and (3) cites the authors' papers on topics closely related to this submission, published, in press, or in working paper form.

• Format. Keep articles as brief as possible. The maximum length is 30 pages.   Use 11 point font, 1 inch margins, and double-spacing for the manuscript including references, tables, figures and appendices. Do not use footnotes.
  
• Abstract/Keywords. Include an abstract of 200 words maximum. Generally abstracts do not contain mathematical notation or literature citations.   Please provide up to 10 keywords.
  
• References. List references alphabetically by author in a reference section at the end of the article. Some samples of the correct style follow:
  Journal: Griffin, R. M., Scherrer, C. R., and Swann, J. L. (2008) Optimization of community health center locations and service offerings with statistical need estimation. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 40, 880-892.
  Book: Barlow, R. E. and Proschan, F. (1965) Mathematical Theory of Reliability, Wiley, New York, NY.
  Contribution to a Book: Keskinocak, P. and Tayur, S. (2004) Due-date management policies in Handbook of Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis: Modeling in the E-Business Era, Sinchi-Levi, D., Wu, D. and Shen Z. M. (eds) Kluwer, Norwell, MA, pp. 485-553.
  
• Mathematical expressions. Number expressions that are referred to in the text. Use consecutive Arabic numerals in parenthesis, on the same line, flush right.
  
• Grammar/Spelling. Please follow U.S. English spelling and grammar conventions.
  
• Figures and Tables. Provide a caption for every Figure and Table and refer to each in the text. Number Figures consecutively and number Tables consecutively using Arabic numerals. Figures should be of good resolution with digital image files of 300 dpi or higher. Keep in mind that the journal is printed in black and white. Use font sizes that are readable even after figures or tables are photo-reduced.
  
• Page Proofs. For accepted papers, the designated author will receive the page proofs via email and is responsible for checking and approving the manuscript on behalf of all coauthors. This step is for corrections, not for rewriting material.

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