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Application of job shop scheduling approach in green patient flow optimization using a hybrid swarm intelligence. [PDF]

, 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.
Chaussalet, Thierry J, Gandomi, Amir H, Vali, Masoumeh, Salimifard, Khodakaram   +3 more
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Kaizen: Improving Patient flow

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2017
Background: Since Cobb and Douglas Public Health (CDPH) achieved accreditation in May 2015, efforts to mature a culture of quality have been emphasized. In addition, the Adult Health Clinic moved to a new facility in Spring 2016.
Gurleen Roberts, Jack Kennedy, Catherine Smythe, Dawn Krahwinkel, Melissa Green   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

SIM-PFED: A Simulation-Based Decision Making Model of Patient Flow for Improving Patient Throughput Time in Emergency Department

IEEE Access, 2021
Healthcare sectors face multiple threats, and the hospital emergency department (ED) is one of the most crucial hospital areas. ED plays a key role in promoting hospitals’ goals of enhancing service efficiency.
Nidal Hamza, Mazlina Abdul Majid, Fadhl Hujainah   +2 more
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Buffer management to solve bed-blocking in the Netherlands, 2000-2010. Cooperation from an integrated care chain perspective as a key success factor for managing patient flows.

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2011
Introduction: Bed-blocking problems in hospitals reflect how difficult and complex it is to move patients smoothly through the chain of care. In the Netherlands, during the first decade of the 21st century, some hospitals attempted to tackle this problem
Ingrid Mur, Mark Govers
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On patient flow in hospitals: A data-based queueing-science perspective

Stochastic Systems, 2015
Hospitals are complex systems with essential societal benefits and huge mounting costs. These costs are exacerbated by inefficiencies in hospital processes, which are often manifested by congestion and long delays in patient care.
Mor Armony, Shlomo Israelit, Avishai Mandelbaum, Yariv N. Marmor, Yulia Tseytlin, Galit B. Yom-Tov   +5 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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Protocol: Value Stream Maping in Healthcare. A systematic literature review

WPOM : Working Papers on Operations Management, 2019
Until 2016, very few works had investigated the use of the VSM. With this research, we will discover if the situation has changed in the last 3 years. In the lean manufacturing context, different techniques that help the continuous improvement process ...
Juan A. Marin-Garcia, Pilar I. Vidal-Carreras, Julio J. Garcia Sabater, Javier Escribano-Martinez   +3 more
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Machine learning in patient flow: a review [PDF]

Progress in Biomedical Engineering, 2021
Abstract This work is a review of the ways in which machine learning has been used in order to plan, improve or aid the problem of moving patients through healthcare services. We decompose the patient flow problem into four subcategories: prediction of demand on a healthcare institution, prediction of the demand and resource required to ...
El-Bouri, RE, Taylor, T, Youssef, A, Zhu, T, Clifton, DA   +4 more
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A Simulation Based Study for Managing Hospital Resources by Reducing Patient Waiting Time

IEEE Access, 2020
In Pakistan most of the local hospitals have limited resources and budget deficits to address day-to-day routine activities. This is further intensified by inefficient management of hospital resources.
Jawad Ahmad, Javaid Iqbal, Imran Ahmad, Zubair Ahmad Khan, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Khalid Khan   +5 more
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"A banana in the tailpipe": a qualitative study of patient flow in the healthcare system. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Background: Suboptimal patient flow and impaired hospital access can lead to adverse outcomes, including lower care quality, higher mortality risk, and patient dissatisfaction.
Samadbeik M, Staib A, Boyle J, Khanna S, Bosley E, McCourt E, Bodnar D, Lind J, Austin JA, Sullivan C.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources