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Reducing unnecessary bed days to optimise flow and improve demand-capacity mismatch: learning from a system-wide patient flow collaborative [PDF]

BMJ Open Quality
Background Discharge delays and unnecessary bed days (UBDs) are known to cause increasing Emergency Department (ED) boarding and account for over 20% of inappropriate hospital bed use.
Pradeep Radhakrishnan, Kenneth Jun Logrono, Esmat Swallmeh, Khadija Al-Shukaili, Muna Al-Maslamani, Mohamed Salem Khalil, Mohammed Abuqamar, Elizabeth Tamara Biong, Luay Alsmadi, Juliet Jalmasco, Belal Salem Mufadi Zubi, Emad Mraweh Mohammed Mustafa   +11 more
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A dynamic nonlinear flow algorithm to model patient flow. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Abstract 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. To model the dynamic behaviour of the patient flow, we need to consider the variability in arrival rates and service times (length of ...
Boodaghian Asl A, Raghothama J, Darwich AS, Meijer S.   +3 more
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Operationalizing patient flow in high-complexity service lines: a health system perspective using oncology care [PDF]

Frontiers in Health Services
BackgroundHealth systems face increasing oncology demand amid workforce constraints and rising care complexity. Outpatient cancer volumes in the United States are projected to grow nearly 18% over the next decade, driven by earlier diagnoses, evolving ...
Robert Figlin, Kate O’Shaughnessy, Setu Shah, Chad Giese, Jamie Bachman, Matthew Bednar, Jennifer Scalise, Aleksandar Zafirovski   +7 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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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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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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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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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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Supramaximal flow in asthmatic patients [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 1999
In normal subjects supramaximal flows (SF) are known to be correlated with flow limitation. To further understand the mechanisms involved in SF this correlation and the influence of salbutamol and methacholine administration on SF have been investigated in asthmatic subjects.Protocol A involved obtaining basal maximal expiratory flow/volume curves and ...
H, Sala, A, Fernández, S, Guardia, A, González, D, Rodenstein   +4 more
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