Abstract Analysis of hospital processes is essential for development of improved methods,
policies and decision tools for overall performance improvement of the hospital system …

The increase in cost of supplies and services is outpacing the increase in revenues at many
hospitals. To address this cost increase hospitals are seeking more efficient ways to store …

Appointment schedules, in essence, balance supply and demand and are often employed in
settings where resources are scarce and thus a high utilization is realized (eg, healthcare) …

Effective resource requirement forecasting is necessary to reduce the escalating cost of care
by ensuring optimum utilization and availability of scarce health resources. Patient hospital …

This paper aims to improve the performance of clinical processes using clinical pathways
(CPs). The specific goal of this research is to develop a decision support tool, based on a …

A queueing network is used to model the flow of patients in a hospital using the observed
admission rate of patients and the histogram for the length of stay for patients in each ward …

Purpose–Agent-based computer simulation gives new possibilities to model service supply
chains which combine flow of people, geographical elements, demand patterns and service …

The concept of patient flow modelling has attracted managers, commissioners and clinicians
to better understand the operational and clinical functions of the healthcare system. In this …

Appointment-based service systems arise in a broad variety of healthcare settings (for
example an outpatient clinic or a dentist). Where most existing algorithms specifically …

Manufacturing systems have attracted substantial research attentions during the last 50
years. In recent years, there has been growing interest in health care systems research to …