A BPMN-Based Automated Approach for the Analysis of Healthcare Processes

BPMN Coordination and Devs Network Architecture for Healthcare Organizations

“…As argued in (Antonacci et al, 2016), the use of BPM in healthcare sector is becoming a key enabler for the improvement of healthcare processes, since the healthcare environment is becoming more dynamic and volatile, and follows more complex processes, the combination of agent based model with business process may be efficient for resolving simulation's limitations in BP in terms of resource allocation, in the other hand, managing the availability of resources in healthcare sector is a very challenging problem with very little research attention. For this reason, the use of business process modeling combined with the adoption of simulation-based analysis provides a cost effective, accurate, and rapid way to evaluate alternatives before committing the required effort and resources (Tumay, 1996;Nakatumba, Rozinat, and Russell, 2009).…”

“…One of the main complexities of BP is the limitation of its simulation, which is due to the following reasons: lack of simulation know-how of BP analysts, costs and difficulties in retrieving and analyzing the data required for simulation model parameterization, large semantic gap between the business process model and the simulation model and finally, the use of models that may be (partially) incorrect or may not be at the right level of abstraction (Bocciarelli, D'Ambrogio, and Paglia, 2014). In this context, the use of BPMN models in healthcare sector helps to facilitate the management of complex hospital BPs (Antonacci et al, 2016). Accordingly, a lot of researchers in the literature, professionals and health administrators have given various definitions of patient pathways.…”

“…Furthermore, the analysis of performance of BPMN is crucial, as it helps Business analysts to predict whether the goal can be achieved or not. For this reason, simulation has been identified as a key technique for BP performance analysis (Antonacci et al, 2016). It can be important for business processes as it helps and supports the decision-making process, reduces cost that can occurs in the case wrong decisions haven't been anticipated and as final objective provides a good quality of services.…”

Maximising Patient Throughput using Discrete-event Simulation

“…Studies include making strategic decisions for various departments (Ballard and Kuhl, 2006;Denton et al, 2006;Vanberkel and Blake, 2007;Leskovar et al, 2011); estimating capacity levels and measuring waiting times (Werker et al, 2009); analysing patient flows (Brenner et al, 2010;Zeng et al, 2012); measuring policy impact (Fletcher et al, 2007); and simulating patient scheduling and utilisations (Harper and Gamlin, 2003;Werker et al, 2009;Lee et al, 2013;Quevedo and Chapilliquén, 2014). It has been argued that the extensive use of process modelling is limited in healthcare compared with other industries (Harper and Pitt, 2004) due to the complexity of the processes and the vast amounts of data required to provide accurate models (Antonacci et al, 2016).…”

“…However, there are some generic models produced using techniques such as Business Process Modelling and Notation (BPMN) to build accessible simulation models for optimising healthcare processes (Rolón et al, 2008;Antonacci et al, 2016). BPMN requires users to understand the notation used, which may make the approach prohibitive to healthcare estates managers or department managers.…”