A simulation-based study in a hospital emergency department: Capacity and workflow issues

Nan Xiao; Sumant Dutta; Raj Sharman; H. R. Rao

A simulation-based study in a hospital emergency department: Capacity and workflow issues

Nan Xiao
, Sumant Dutta
, Raj Sharman
, H. R. Rao

Management Science and Systems

SUNY Buffalo

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7 Scopus citations

Abstract

Emergency departments' capacities to deal with a patient surge (the number of patients increases in a short period of time) play an important role in preparedness for natural or man-made disasters. This paper examines how emergency departments could improve their capacities by optimizing the workflow. A framework is proposed to reconfigure the workflow to improve capacity while maintaining treatment equality. Our results show that reducing lower priority processes and combining originally separate processes can shorten patient total waiting time in the emergency department.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
Pages	4158-4165
Number of pages	8
State	Published - 2009
Event	15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009 - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Aug 6 2009 → Aug 9 2009

Publication series

Name	15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
Volume	6

Conference

Conference	15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	08/6/09 → 08/9/09

Keywords

Emergency department
Extreme event
Patient surge
Simulation

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Xiao, N, Dutta, S, Sharman, R & Rao, HR 2009, A simulation-based study in a hospital emergency department: Capacity and workflow issues. in 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009. 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009, vol. 6, pp. 4158-4165, 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009, San Francisco, CA, United States, 08/6/09.

A simulation-based study in a hospital emergency department: Capacity and workflow issues. / Xiao, Nan; Dutta, Sumant; Sharman, Raj et al.
15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009. 2009. p. 4158-4165 (15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009; Vol. 6).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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