Rapid Modelling of Patient Flow in a Health Care Setting: Integrating Simulation with Lean

Worthington, Claire; Robinson, Stewart; Burgess, Nicola; Radnor, Zoe

doi:10.1007/978-1-84996-525-5_10

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“…We participated in a one week RIE at Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust that looked at the paediatric observation and assessment unit (Worthington et al, 2010). The workshop, which was led by the Bolton Improving Care System (BICS) team (the Trust's lean transformation team), involved managerial, nursing and clinical staff, including consultants.…”

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SimLean: Utilising simulation in the implementation of lean in healthcare

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European Journal of Operational Research

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Discrete-event simulation (DES) and lean are approaches that have a similar motivation: improvement of processes and service delivery. Both are being used to help improve the delivery of healthcare, but rarely are they used together. This paper explores from a theoretical and an empirical perspective the potential complementary roles of DES and lean in healthcare. The aim is to increase the impact of both approaches in the improvement of healthcare systems. Out of this exploration, the 'SimLean' approach is developed in which three roles for DES with lean are identified: education, facilitation and evaluation. These roles are demonstrated through three examples of DES in action with lean. The work demonstrates how the fusion of DES with lean can improve both stakeholder engagement with DES and the impact of lean.

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confidence: 99%

“…This can be achieved through SimLean Evaluate, which might use the SimLean Facilitate model as a basis for developing a more detailed model. (Worthington et al, 2010) …”

Section: Example Of Simlean Facilitatementioning

confidence: 99%