Lean ICU layout re-design: A simulation-based approach

E Romano, A Falegnami, AC Cagliano, C Rafele - Informatics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Healthcare facilities require flexible layouts that can adapt quickly in the face of various
disruptions. COVID-19 confirmed this need for both healthcare and manufacturing systems …

MODYPLAN: Early-stage hospital simulation based on treatment chains

G Wurzer, WE Lorenz, M Rofiler, I Hafner, B Glock… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2015 - Elsevier
Discrete-event simulation of hospitals typically specifies flow by means of a process graph
through which patients are routed. While this is generally fine for models in which processes …

A simulation approach for agile production logic implementation in a hospital emergency unit

G Converso, G Improta, M Mignano… - … Methodologies, Tools and …, 2015 - Springer
The hospitals offer sweeping views of management ideas, as focus internally complex
organizational structures, which can be improved in order to reduce waste and increase the …

COVID-19 Bed Management Using a Two-Step Process Mining and Discrete-Event Simulation Approach

J Le Lay, V Augusto, E Alfonso-Lizarazo… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The sudden admission of many patients with similar needs caused by the COVID-19 (SARS-
CoV-2) pandemic forced health care centers to temporarily transform units to respond to the …

Simulation and optimization for bed re-organization at a surgery department

P Landa, E Tànfani, A Testi - Special Session on Health Applications, 2013 - scitepress.org
In this paper we focus our analysis on patient flows inside a hospital surgery department,
with the aim of supporting the bed re-configuration following an “intensity of care” paradigm …

Reverse Engineering Hospital Processes Out of Visited Nodes

B Glock, G Wurzer, F Breitenecker… - 2013 8th EUROSIM …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During hospital planning," flow-chart"-like depictions of processes (nodes and edges) are
often overlaid over the floor plan of a clinic, in order to model patient pathways. However …

A multidisciplinary approach to the development of digital twin models of critical care delivery in intensive care units

X Zhong, F Babaie Sarijaloo, A Prakash… - … Journal of Production …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
To investigate critical care delivery in intensive care units (ICUs), we propose a qualitative
and quantitative coupling approach to developing an ICU digital twin model. The Systems …

A system dynamics model for bed management strategy in health care units

G Converso, S Di Giacomo, T Murino, T Rea - … Methodologies, Tools and …, 2015 - Springer
Hospital overcrowding is a universal problem. Currently, Lean thinking is focused on
removing process waste and variation. However, the high level of complexity and …

Modelling hospital medical wards to address patient complexity: a case-based simulation-optimization approach

P Landa, M La Regina, E Tànfani, F Orlandini… - … , May 30-June 1, 2019 4, 2020 - Springer
In this paper we focus on patient flows inside Internal Medicine Departments, with the aim of
supporting new organizational models taking into account the patient relevant …

Operational scenarios simulation to support building design: a hospital design case study

D Simeone, I Toldo, S Cursi - … Workshop, MESAS 2014, Rome, Italy, May 5 …, 2014 - Springer
In hospitals the configuration of the environment deeply affects the efficiency of the host
organization, supporting or preventing the activities of intended users and operators …