Mathematical modelling for health systems research: a systematic review of system dynamics and agent-based models

R Cassidy, NS Singh, PR Schiratti… - BMC health services …, 2019 - Springer
Background Mathematical modelling has been a vital research tool for exploring complex
systems, most recently to aid understanding of health system functioning and optimisation …

Methodological approaches to support process improvement in emergency departments: a systematic review

MA Ortíz-Barrios, JJ Alfaro-Saíz - International journal of environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The most commonly used techniques for addressing each Emergency Department (ED)
problem (overcrowding, prolonged waiting time, extended length of stay, excessive patient …

Simulation-based optimization methods applied in hospital emergency departments: A systematic review

M Yousefi, M Yousefi, FS Fogliatto - Simulation, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Since high performance is essential to the functioning of emergency departments (EDs),
they must constantly pursue sensible and empirically testable improvements. In light of …

Investigation of emergency department abandonment rates using machine learning algorithms in a single centre study

MR Marino, TA Trunfio, AM Ponsiglione, F Amato… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
A critical problem that Emergency Departments (EDs) must address is overcrowding, as it
causes extended waiting times and increased patient dissatisfaction, both of which are …

Patient visit forecasting in an emergency department using a deep neural network approach

M Yousefi, M Yousefi, M Fathi, FS Fogliatto - Kybernetes, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate the factors affecting daily demand in an emergency
department (ED) and to provide a forecasting tool in a public hospital for horizons of up to …

Sim-pfed: A simulation-based decision making model of patient flow for improving patient throughput time in emergency department

N Hamza, MA Majid, F Hujainah - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Healthcare sectors face multiple threats, and the hospital emergency department (ED) is one
of the most crucial hospital areas. ED plays a key role in promoting hospitals' goals of …

Human resource allocation in an emergency department: A metamodel-based simulation optimization

M Yousefi, M Yousefi - Kybernetes, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The complexity and interdisciplinarity of healthcare industry problems make this
industry one of the attention centers of computer-based simulation studies to provide a …

Synthetic Observational Health Data with GANs: from slow adoption to a boom in medical research and ultimately digital twins?

J Georges-Filteau, E Cirillo - arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.13510, 2020 - arxiv.org
After being collected for patient care, Observational Health Data (OHD) can further benefit
patient well-being by sustaining the development of health informatics and medical …

[HTML][HTML] Patient characteristics and clinical process predictors of patients leaving without being seen from the emergency department

NK Rathlev, P Visintainer, J Schmidt… - Western Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods This was a cross-sectional study in a 95,000 annual visit adult ED comparing
patients LWBS, with controls. Data were drawn from four seasonally adjusted four-week …

[HTML][HTML] Agent-based modelling of sustainable development of regional healthcare infrastructure

D Rodionov, D Dianov, S Dianov - Sustainable Development and …, 2022 - cyberleninka.ru
This study examines the problems of providing support to decision-making in the field of
sustainable development of a regional healthcare infrastructure. To tackle these problems …