In the early stages of health attention, such as in the examination rooms, patients are
generally treated using a First In First Treat (FIFT) logic. This treatment style is inefficient from …

The healthcare system is a complex system which exhibits conditions of uncertainty,
ambiguity emergence that incurs incoming patient congestion. Discrete event simulation …

Objectives The objective of this study was to provide a model for reducing outpatient waiting
time by using simulation. Materials and Methods A simulation model was constructed by …

In spite of the proliferation of information and the growth of medical technology, patient wait
time remains a problem in today's healthcare systems. Patients frequently have negative …

This study presents a simulation optimization approach for scheduling medical tourists who
travel to destination medical centers (DMCs). The objective of this research is two-fold:(1) to …

There is a need for an appropriate decision‐making approach and a precise costing method
in order to make appropriate decisions that result in managing the resource utilization …

In medical outpatient services, due to patients' imbalanced selection for doctors of different
levels and for different visiting periods, inefficiency of resource utilization and dissatisfaction …

This research studied a patient referral problem among multiple cooperative hospitals for
sharing imaging services' referrals. The proposed problem consisted of many types of …

The proper management of patients' waiting time requires the use of reasonable decision
logic and tool. Simulation and optimization techniques can support management decisions …

This paper is focused on the factors causing long patient waiting time/clinic overtime in
outpatient clinics and how to mitigate them using discrete event simulation. A two-week …