Discrete event simulation for emergency department modelling: A systematic review of validation methods

E Doudareva, M Carter - Operations Research for Health Care, 2022 - Elsevier
Background: Discrete event simulation has been widely used for decades to model the
Emergency Department (ED) patient flow, understand system bottlenecks, and analyse …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of machine learning algorithms and discrete-event simulation for the cost of healthcare resources

A Atalan, H Şahin, YA Atalan - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
A healthcare resource allocation generally plays a vital role in the number of patients treated
(pnt) and the patient waiting time (wt) in healthcare institutions. This study aimed to estimate …

A systematic literature review identifying the dimensions and components of simulation of the hospital emergency department during emergencies and disasters

FB Shirazi, S Moslehi, MR Rasouli… - Medical journal of the …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The use of simulation in medical education is evolving widely around the
world. Hospital emergency services in the event of accidents and disasters affect the quality …

Investigation of emergency department abandonment rates using machine learning algorithms in a single centre study

MR Marino, TA Trunfio, AM Ponsiglione, F Amato… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
A critical problem that Emergency Departments (EDs) must address is overcrowding, as it
causes extended waiting times and increased patient dissatisfaction, both of which are …

Use of machine learning to predict abandonment rates in an emergency department

G Improta, Y Colella, G Rossi, A Borrelli… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Overcrowding is a serious issue that Emergency Departments (EDs) must deal with, since it
is leading to longer delays and greater patients' dissatisfaction, which are directly connected …

Managing low–acuity patients in an Emergency Department through simulation–based multiobjective optimization using a neural network metamodel

M Boresta, T Giovannelli, M Roma - Health Care Management Science, 2024 - Springer
This paper deals with Emergency Department (ED) fast-tracks for low-acuity patients, a
strategy often adopted to reduce ED overcrowding. We focus on optimizing resource …

A hybrid modelling approach using forecasting and real-time simulation to prevent emergency department overcrowding

A Harper, N Mustafee - 2019 Winter Simulation Conference …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding is a pervasive problem worldwide, which
impacts on both performance and safety. Staff are required to react and adapt to changes in …

Sim-pfed: A simulation-based decision making model of patient flow for improving patient throughput time in emergency department

N Hamza, MA Majid, F Hujainah - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Healthcare sectors face multiple threats, and the hospital emergency department (ED) is one
of the most crucial hospital areas. ED plays a key role in promoting hospitals' goals of …

Effect of different patient peak arrivals on an emergency department via discrete event simulation: a case study

G Fava, T Giovannelli, M Messedaglia, M Roma - Simulation, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a well-recognized worldwide phenomenon
which affects the quality of emergency care. A direct consequence of overcrowding is a long …

A simulation-based optimization approach for the calibration of a discrete event simulation model of an emergency department

A De Santis, T Giovannelli, S Lucidi… - Annals of Operations …, 2023 - Springer
Accurate modeling of the patient flow within an Emergency Department (ED) is required by
all studies dealing with the increasing and well-known problem of overcrowding. Since …