Outpatient appointment systems in healthcare: A review of optimization studies

A Ahmadi-Javid, Z Jalali, KJ Klassen - European Journal of Operational …, 2017 - Elsevier
Outpatient appointment scheduling problems have recently gained increasing attention. This
paper provides a comprehensive review of recent analytical and numerical optimization …

A systematic review of research design and modeling techniques in inpatient bed management

L He, SC Madathil, A Oberoi, G Servis… - Computers & Industrial …, 2019 - Elsevier
The proper allocation of limited hospital bed resources is a complex problem caused by
uncertainties in patient length of stay, fluctuations in demands, unexpected admission …

On patient flow in hospitals: A data-based queueing-science perspective

M Armony, S Israelit, A Mandelbaum… - Stochastic …, 2015 - pubsonline.informs.org
Hospitals are complex systems with essential societal benefits and huge mounting costs.
These costs are exacerbated by inefficiencies in hospital processes, which are often …

Simulation of emergency department operations: A comprehensive review of KPIs and operational improvements

L Vanbrabant, K Braekers, K Ramaekers… - Computers & Industrial …, 2019 - Elsevier
Emergency departments (EDs) are one of the main entry points of a hospital, offering non-
stop healthcare services to patients with various needs. ED crowding is considered a major …

Fear of COVID-19 and related factors in emergency department patients

Y Sürme, N Özmen, B Ertürk Arik - … journal of mental health and addiction, 2023 - Springer
This study was aimed to determine the fear of COVID-19 and related factors in patients. This
study was conducted with 639 patients who were admitted to the emergency department …

[HTML][HTML] How can decision makers be supported in the improvement of an emergency department? A simulation, optimization and data mining approach

AG Uriarte, ER Zúñiga, MU Moris, AHC Ng - Operations Research for …, 2017 - Elsevier
The improvement of emergency department processes involves the need to take into
consideration multiple variables and objectives in a highly dynamic and unpredictable …

A structured literature review of simulation modelling applied to Emergency Departments: Current patterns and emerging trends

A Salmon, S Rachuba, S Briscoe, M Pitt - Operations research for health …, 2018 - Elsevier
The public importance, wait-for-treatment ethos and clear geographic layout of Emergency
Departments (EDs) has contributed to them being one of the most commonly modelled …

Queueing problems in emergency departments: a review of practical approaches and research methodologies

A Elalouf, G Wachtel - Operations Research Forum, 2021 - Springer
Problems related to patient scheduling and queueing in emergency departments are
gaining increasing attention in theory, in the fields of operations research and emergency …

Methodological approaches to support process improvement in emergency departments: a systematic review

MA Ortíz-Barrios, JJ Alfaro-Saíz - International journal of environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The most commonly used techniques for addressing each Emergency Department (ED)
problem (overcrowding, prolonged waiting time, extended length of stay, excessive patient …

Patient prioritization in emergency department triage systems: An empirical study of the Canadian triage and acuity scale (CTAS)

Y Ding, E Park, M Nagarajan… - … & Service Operations …, 2019 - pubsonline.informs.org
Emergency departments (EDs) typically use a triage system to classify patients into priority
levels. However, most triage systems do not specify how exactly to route patients across and …