Combining Data Mining and Discrete Event Simulation for a value-added view of a hospital emergency department

This action research thesis aimed to: 1) develop and test a viable Discrete Event Simulation and Human Factors Modeling approach for an Ontario based telecommunication company, and 2) identify the factors that affect the uptake and application of the approach in work system design. This approach, which was validated at the Company, incorporated fatigue dose and learning curves in a Discrete Event Simulation model. The barriers to uptake included: Time constraints, lack of technological knowledge and initial cost. The uptake facilitators were: High frequency products produced, clear value added to leadership, defects reduction and the Company being open to new technology. In addition to helping design a manual assembly line with fewer bottlenecks and reduce the human factors risks for the employee, the developed approach showed a 26% correlation with quality defects. Further research is recommended to identify additional human factors and their benefits.

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Factors Influencing Door-To-Doctor Time In An Emergency Department: Discrete Event Simulation Model

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/j.jval.2016.09.1597 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (7) ◽

pp. A624 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

RA Ribeiro ◽

EN Baungratz ◽

G Vaccaro ◽

PS Schmitz ◽

AK Fernandes ◽

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Keyword(s):

Emergency Department ◽

Simulation Model ◽

Discrete Event Simulation ◽

Discrete Event ◽

Event Simulation ◽

Discrete Event Simulation Model ◽

Factors Influencing

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Discrete event simulation modelling for an improved patient flow at the Emergency Department, Sygehus Lillebælt, Kolding

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1186/1757-7241-19-s2-p14 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 19 (S2) ◽

Author(s):

Dawid Kozlowski ◽

Christian Backer Mogensen ◽

Niels Christian Petersen

Keyword(s):

Emergency Department ◽

Discrete Event Simulation ◽

Patient Flow ◽

Discrete Event ◽

Simulation Modelling ◽

Event Simulation

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Capacity Decision in Emergency Hospital Operation Rooms

Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics - Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Improved Business Processes ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3226-2.ch006 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 140-155

Author(s):

Ana Carolina Pereira de Vasconcelos Silva ◽

Daniel Bouzon Nagem Assad ◽

Thais Spiegel

Keyword(s):

Emergency Department ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Discrete Event Simulation ◽

Operations Management ◽

Discrete Event ◽

Design Management ◽

Simulation Tool ◽

Event Simulation ◽

Production Distribution ◽

Capacity Decision

The operations management is a multidisciplinary field that investigates, for instance, the design, management and processes improvement focused on the development, production, distribution and delivery of products and services, encompassing activities such as the implementation of policies, making quota decisions, identification and problem solving, response to uncertainty, among others. Regarding the resources dimensioning in hospitals, the Brazilian scenario is limited to legislative instruments that assume a prior and added sizing. This chapter uses a discrete event simulation tool to set the amount of operation rooms needed for patient care in an emergency department, so that emergency patients have guaranteed compliance, minimizing the cancellation of elective surgeries because of this type of demand. As a result, it was found that the minimum amount established by normative instruments was not appropriate to the specific requirements of the organization.

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