Modeling Emergency Department Using a Hybrid Simulation Approach

Ahmad, Norazura; Ghani, Noraida Abdul; Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah; Tahar, Razman Mat

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6190-2_53

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“…In 2013, Norazura, et al [20] have integrated DES and SD for modeling ED in order to demonstrate the detail operational level and the relationships with other supporting units in the hospital. Both DES and SD models were created using AnyLogic.…”

Section: ) Integrated/ Hybrid Simulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[26] Model does not require vast data. [20] Models are deterministic, and do not capture individual variability. [21] …”

Section: Acknowledgmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many works demonstrated the feasibility of integrated approaches in healthcare. Most of the integrated models have combined DES and SD techniques [15], [16], [17], [20] and [21] while some other works [14] and [19] have combined DES and ABS approaches and [18] has combine ABS and SD approaches.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Individual versus integrated simulation techniques in healthcare applications

Abdelghany

Eltawil

2014

2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

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This paper compares between the individual and integrated simulation models used in the healthcare context. The paper focuses on the individual models using Agent-Based Simulation (ABS), Discrete Event Simulation (DES), and System Dynamics (SD), in addition to the integrated approaches as well as hybrid simulation, considering the advantages and limitations for each technique and the simulation software packages used for modeling. We demonstrate the advantage of the integrated approaches over the individual approaches. Integrated approaches help in modeling more complex healthcare systems and overcome the individual methods limitations. The paper concludes by a suggested framework for integrating the three methods in modeling of emergency rooms in order to achieve new objectives and improve performance.

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Section: ) Integrated/ Hybrid Simulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[26] Model does not require vast data. [20] Models are deterministic, and do not capture individual variability. [21] …”

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confidence: 99%

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Individual versus integrated simulation techniques in healthcare applications

Abdelghany

Eltawil

2014

2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

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“…The Emergency Department (ED) is a hospital entity that provides around the clock treatment for acutely ill patients and to others needing urgent medical attention 1 . Due to the nature of the service, ED is often overcrowded with patients.…”

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Redirection of non-critical patients in the Emergency Department of Hospital Tuaran to the Primary Care Unit (Klinik Kesihatan)

Michal

adirah

Praneetha

et al. 2023

BJMS

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The Emergency Department (ED) provides treatment for acutely ill patients in need of urgent medical attention. Despite the availability of the primary care unit â€˜Klinik Kesihatanâ€™, where non urgent patients should be treated, Malaysiaâ€™s public hospitals still need to deal with overcrowding of non-urgent patients in ED. The main aim of the study was to assess the willingness of non-urgent patients to be redirected to Klinik Kesihatan. This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Hospital Tuaran Emergency Department, Sabah. Non-urgent patients were interviewed using a questionnaire, to find out the purpose of their visit to Emergency Department. A total of 318 non-urgent patients out of 457 patients were interviewed during the study duration. 41 respondents (12.9%) were willing to be redirected towards a Klinik Kesihatan. No associated factors were found when compared with the unwilling to be redirected group. Among 277 respondents who rejected redirection to Klinik Kesihatan, 70.4% agreed to pay a surcharge to be treated in the Emergency Department and there was no association found with the employment status (p= 0.391). Most patients were not willing to accept redirection to a Klinik Kesihatan and would prefer to visit the Emergency Department despite knowing that their condition or illness is one that does not require emergency treatment. Social media, advertisements and pamphlets must be made available to educate patients on the proper use of the Emergency Department.

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“…Dynamic features are concerned with issues that occur within time spans that necessitate the allocation of limited resources efficiently. For example, assigning specialist treatment to patients in a manner such that the waiting time is kept to a minimum [2]. An obvious problem area that should benefit from the application of this MDE approach is the Accident and Emergency (AE) department of a hospital.…”

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Applying a MDE approach to a healthcare environment: A case study of an AE dept

Gannud

Timoney

2017

2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)

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One of the main challenges of Healthcare services is to find a suitable way of managing limited resources within a highly demanding environment. This challenge can now be tackled by deploying reliable software systems that are supported by Software Engineering practices. In this paper, we present a Model Driven Engineering (MDE) approach that, by way of an example, is applied to an Accident and Emergency (AE) department. This approach works by designing a UML class diagram annotated with a set of OCL constraints. These constraints formally express restrictions on interactions between various elements of the system. We formally evaluate our model by using a logic solver. This approach lays the foundation of our intentions to further develop a more complete health care system. We report the valuable lessons learnt from the work and explain the limitation we observed.

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Modeling Emergency Department Using a Hybrid Simulation Approach

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

Individual versus integrated simulation techniques in healthcare applications

Individual versus integrated simulation techniques in healthcare applications

Redirection of non-critical patients in the Emergency Department of Hospital Tuaran to the Primary Care Unit (Klinik Kesihatan)

Applying a MDE approach to a healthcare environment: A case study of an AE dept

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