IHI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
The processes carried out in a hospital emergency department can be thought of as structures of activities that require resources in order to execute. Costs are reduced when resou...
WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
2004
An entire emergency department of a general hospital is simulated to examine patient flows. First, times needed for both outpatients and patients arriving via ambulance to be proc...
WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
2004
Hospitals today are investing time and money to expand and improve their Emergency Departments (ED). Using simulation to test their many improvement ideas can necessitate running ...
WSC
2007
13 years 7 months ago
2007
“See and Treat” in an Emergency Department combines the process of patient assessment with treatment in the expectation that it will increase patient throughput and decrease q...
TEI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2010
ACM
This study aims at understanding the patient’s experience in the waiting room of the emergency department. The research explores and unveils the context and interactions in the ...