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 …

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 …

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 …

ICU admission control: An empirical study of capacity allocation and its implication for patient outcomes

SH Kim, CW Chan, M Olivares… - Management …, 2015 - pubsonline.informs.org
This work examines the process of admission to a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU). ICUs
currently lack systematic admission criteria, largely because the impact of ICU admission on …

OM forum—Healthcare operations management: A snapshot of emerging research

T Dai, S Tayur - Manufacturing & service operations …, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
A new generation of healthcare operations management (HOM) scholars is studying timely
healthcare topics (eg, organization design, design of delivery, and organ transplantation) …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling COVID-19 hospital admissions and occupancy in the Netherlands

R Bekker, M uit het Broek, G Koole - European journal of operational …, 2023 - Elsevier
We describe the models we built for predicting hospital admissions and bed occupancy of
COVID-19 patients in the Netherlands. These models were used to make short-term …

Accurate emergency department wait time prediction

E Ang, S Kwasnick, M Bayati… - Manufacturing & …, 2016 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper proposes the Q-Lasso method for wait time prediction, which combines statistical
learning with fluid model estimators. In historical data from four remarkably different …

The impact of delay announcements on hospital network coordination and waiting times

J Dong, E Yom-Tov, GB Yom-Tov - Management Science, 2019 - pubsonline.informs.org
We investigate the impact of delay announcements on the coordination within hospital
networks using a combination of empirical observations and numerical experiments. We …

Inpatient overflow: An approximate dynamic programming approach

JG Dai, P Shi - Manufacturing & Service Operations …, 2019 - pubsonline.informs.org
Problem definition: Inpatient beds are usually grouped into several wards, and each ward is
assigned to serve patients from certain “primary” specialties. However, when a patient waits …

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 …