Hospital emergency departments (HEDs) are the most critical units since they undertake a
vital health care mission. It is required for these departments to find out rational solution …

The problem of emergency department (ED) overcrowding has reached crisis proportions in
the last decade. In 2005, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine …

This paper integrates simulation with optimization to design a decision support tool for the
operation of an emergency department unit at a governmental hospital in Kuwait. The …

Over the past 40 years, health care organizations have faced ever-increasing pressures to
deliver quality care while facing rising costs, lower reimbursements, and new regulatory …

An emergency department (ED) has been considered as one of the most congested
department in a hospital. The congestion is typically contributed by long waiting time to get …

This article aims to present examples of computer simulation models that support decision-
making processes in the health care sector. The objective of this review is to propose a …

Healthcare organizations face challenges in efficiently accommodating increased patient
demand with limited resources and capacity. The modern reimbursement environment …

The improvement of emergency department processes involves the need to take into
consideration multiple variables and objectives in a highly dynamic and unpredictable …

We report on the use of discrete-event simulation modeling to support process
improvements in a hospital emergency department (ED), namely the implementation of a …

While simulation models have furthered understanding of the operations of emergency
departments (EDs) and the dynamics of the ED within the healthcare system, they only …