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Title: Modeling emergency departments using discrete event simulation techniques
Authors: Komashie, A
Mousavi, A
Keywords: Discrete event simulation;Emergency department;Modeling
Issue Date: 2005
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
Citation: Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, December 4-7, 2005. pp. 2681-2685
Abstract: This paper discusses the application of Discrete Event Simulation (DES) for modeling the operations of an Emer-gency Department (ED). The model was developed to help the ED managers understand the behavior of the system with regards to the hidden causes of excessive waiting times. It served as a tool for assessing the impact of major departmental resources on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and was also used as a cost effective method for testing various what-if scenarios for possible system im-provement. The study greatly enhanced managers’ under-standing of the system and how patient flow is influenced by process changes and resource availability. The results of this work also helped managers to either reverse or modify some proposed changes to the system that were previously being considered. The results also show a possible reduc-tion of more than 20% in patients waiting times.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/834
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Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers

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