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A semi-open queueing network approach to the analysis of patient flow in healthcare systems [PDF]

, 2007
In this paper, we present a modelling framework for patient flow in a healthcare system using semi-open queueing network models, which introduces a total bed constraint, above which new patients will be refused admission.
Theirry Chaussalet, Chaussalet, T.J., Mike Rees, Haifeng Xie, Xie, H., Rees, M.   +5 more
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Methodology for the analysis of capacities of the hospitalization service in a hospital in Bogotá

Revista Ingenio, 2016
The following study presents the development of a methodology to analyze the capacity of the hospitalization service in a hospital in the city of Bogotá, whose purpose is to determine strategies on the efficient use of the bed resource.
Jair Báez Ardila, Carlos Araujo Cortés, Manuel Camacho, Edgar Duarte, Alexander Naranjo   +4 more
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The impact of COVID-19 testing on length of hospital stay and patient flow in hospitals

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
The CDC regularly updates guidance on COVID-19 testing for inpatients and hospital discharges to nursing homes and long-term care facilities. However, most long-term care facilities require a negative COVID-19 test result before accepting patients ...
Titilope Olanipekun
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Reducing unnecessary bed days to optimise flow and improve demand-capacity mismatch: learning from a system-wide patient flow collaborative

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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Patient flows: runners, specials and strangers [PDF]

Joints, 2015
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Patient flow analysis in a children’s clinic [PDF]

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 1997
Patient flow analysis was used to assess the waiting time of patients referred to a large paediatric outpatient department, and also the lengths of the consultations of the paediatricians and interns. The average waiting times to see the paediatricians and interns were 77 minutes and 7.8 minutes, respectively.
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Telehealth for Nutritional Care: A Tool for Improving Patient Flow in Hospitals

Telemedicine Reports, 2022
Background: Hospitals are constantly searching for opportunities to improve efficiency, and telehealth (TH) has recently emerged as a strategy to assist in patient flow.
Mayumi Shima, Silvia Maria Fraga Piovacari, Milton Steinman, Andrea Z. Pereira, Oscar Fernando Pav?o dos Santos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient-flow diagram.

, 2016
Patient-flow diagram.
Yanlu Ying (2793910), Lixin Xu (456675), Ling Li (38566), Xiangcai Ruan (332630), Chengxiang Lu (2793913), Li-Ming Zhang (490194), Yuehong Zhang (82779)   +6 more
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Reducing Ambulance Diversion at Hospital and Regional Levels: Systemic Review of Insights from Simulation Models

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013
Introduction: Optimal solutions for reducing diversion without worsening emergency department (ED) crowding are unclear. We performed a systematic review of published simulation studies to identify: 1) the tradeoff between ambulance diversion and ED wait
M Kit Delgado, Lesley J Meng, Mary P Mercer, Jesse M Pines, Douglas K Owens, Gregory S Zaric   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving emergency department patient flow [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2016
Emergency departments (ED) face significant challenges in delivering high quality and timely patient care on an ever-present background of increasing patient numbers and limited hospital resources.
Paul Richard Edwin Jarvis
doaj   +1 more source