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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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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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Machine learning integrated patient flow simulation: why and how?

J. Simulation, 2023
Stochastic distribution methods were used to construct patient flow simulation sub-models such as patient inflow, length of stay (LoS), cost of treatment (CoT) and clinical pathways (CPs). However, the patient inflow rate demonstrates seasonality, trend,
Tesfamariam M Abuhay, S. Robinson, A. Mamuye, S. Kovalchuk   +3 more
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Simulation of the COVID-19 patient flow and investigation of the future patient arrival using a time-series prediction model: a real-case study

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 2022
COVID-19 looks to be the worst pandemic disease in the last decades due to its number of infected people, deaths, and the staggering demand for healthcare services, especially hospitals.
Mahdieh Tavakoli, R. Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Reza Mesbahi, Mohssen Ghanavati-Nejad, AmirReza Tajally   +4 more
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Understanding the impacts of health information systems on patient flow management: A systematic review across several decades of research

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background Patient flow describes the progression of patients along a pathway of care such as the journey from hospital inpatient admission to discharge.
Quy Nguyen, Michael Wybrow, F. Burstein, David Taylor, Joanne Enticott   +4 more
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Adaptive staff scheduling at Outpatient Department of Ntaja Health Center in Malawi - A queuing theory application

Journal of Public Health Research, 2021
Accurate staff scheduling is crucial in overcoming the problem of mismatch between staffing ratios and demand for health services which can impede smooth patient flow.
Kambombo Mtonga, Antoine Gatera, Kayalvizhi Jayavel, Mwawi Nyirenda, Santhi Kumaran   +4 more
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Application of job shop scheduling approach in green patient flow optimization using a hybrid swarm intelligence

Computers & industrial engineering, 2022
With the increasing demand for hospital services amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, allocation of limited public resources and management of healthcare services are of paramount importance.
Masoumeh Vali, K. Salimifard, Amir H. Gandomi, T. Chaussalet   +3 more
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Modeling Patient Flow in an Emergency Department under COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions: A Hybrid Modeling Approach

Healthcare, 2022
Emergency departments (EDs) had to considerably change their patient flow policies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such changes affect patient crowding, waiting time, and other qualities related to patient care and experience.
Gaute Terning, E. Brun, I. El-Thalji
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