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A dynamic nonlinear flow algorithm to model patient flow [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Hospitals are complex systems, and the flow of patients is dynamic and nonlinear in such systems. Network representation allows flow algorithms to observe bottlenecks as candidates for optimisation.
Arsineh Boodaghian Asl, Jayanth Raghothama, Adam S. Darwich, Sebastiaan Meijer   +3 more
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Clinical handover within the emergency care pathway and the potential risks of clinical handover failure (ECHO): primary research [PDF]

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014
Background and objectives: Handover and communication failures are a recognised threat to patient safety. Handover in emergency care is a particularly vulnerable activity owing to the high-risk context and overcrowded conditions.
Mark Sujan, Peter Spurgeon, Matthew Inada-Kim, Michelle Rudd, Larry Fitton, Simon Horniblow, Steve Cross, Peter Chessum, Matthew W Cooke   +8 more
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An agent-based model of patient flow to improve operating room efficiency [PDF]

تصمیم گیری و تحقیق در عملیات, 2023
Purpose: High efficiency in the operating room may significantly improve the overall performance of the hospital and the service quality provided to patients.
Seyedeh Raahil Mousavi, Mohammad Mehdi Sepehri, Esmaeil Najafi   +2 more
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Shorter delay to treatment by integrated diagnostic services and NGO- provided support among breast cancer patients in two Brazilian referral centres

Journal of Public Health Research, 2021
Background: The diagnosis of breast cancer requires a complicated series of diagnostic exams. The present study addressed the delay of patients who used publicly and privately financed diagnostic services.
Lorena Sofia dos Santos Andrade, Tácila Thamires de Melo Santos, Milena Edite Case de Oliveira, Kedma Anne Lima Gomes, Adriana Raquel Araújo Pereira Soares, Tiago Almeida de Oliveira, Mathias Weller   +6 more
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Management Strategies for Overcrowding in Emergency Medicine Department: A Narrative Review [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Emergency Medicine Departments (EMDs) are one of the busiest hospital departments in the world, as they are typically the first point of contact for health emergencies and are designed and resourced to manage them.
Rajiv Ratan Singh, Pradeep Kumar Yadav, Shobhna Yadav   +2 more
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Interdisciplinary Approaches Suggested for Children With Multiple Hospital Referrals Presenting With Non-specific Conditions

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Aims: To describe the care patterns of patients with repeated referrals to both mental and somatic specialist healthcare, and to study their diagnostic processes.Methods: In a previous register study patients aged 6–12 years referred to Haukeland ...
Irene Elgen, Irene Elgen, Ragnhild Lygre, Gottfried Greve, Gottfried Greve, Silja Griffiths, Torhild Heggestad   +6 more
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Participatory Modeling with Discrete-Event Simulation: A Hybrid Approach to Inform Policy Development to Reduce Emergency Department Wait Times

Systems, 2023
We detail a case study using a participatory modeling approach in the development and use of discrete-event simulations to identify intervention strategies aimed at reducing emergency department (ED) wait times in a Canadian health policy setting. A four-
Yuan Tian, Jenny Basran, James Stempien, Adrienne Danyliw, Graham Fast, Patrick Falastein, Nathaniel D. Osgood   +6 more
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Patient, surgical and clinical factors associated with longer stay in the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit

Journal of Perioperative Nursing, 2022
Aim: To explore patient, surgical and clinical factors associated with readiness-or-discharge and total length of stay in the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU). Background: Longer stay in the PACU decreases the flow of patients and is associated with
Karen Briggs, Mari Botti, Nicole Phillips, Steven Bowe, Maryann Street   +4 more
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Change in Patient Flow in the Epilepsy Care Network Due to Novel Coronavirus Infection: An Opportunity to Strengthen Local Interdisciplinary Epilepsy Care With General Physicians

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Introduction: Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is spreading worldwide.
Ayataka Fujimoto, Ayataka Fujimoto, Keishiro Sato, Keishiro Sato, Hideo Enoki, Hideo Enoki   +5 more
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Emergency department provider in triage: assessing site‐specific rationale, operational feasibility, and financial impact

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021
Emergency department (ED) crowding is recognized as a critical threat to patient safety, while sub‐optimal ED patient flow also contributes to reduced patient satisfaction and efficiency of care. Provider in triage (PIT) programs—which typically involve,
Brian J. Franklin, Kathleen Y. Li, David M. Somand, Keith E. Kocher, Steven L. Kronick, Vikas I. Parekh, Eric Goralnick, A. Tyler Nix, Nathan L. Haas   +8 more
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