Surgical intervention within 48 h of hospital admission is the gold standard procedure for the
management of elderly patients with femur fractures, since the increase in preoperative …

Background: Discrete event simulation has been widely used for decades to model the
Emergency Department (ED) patient flow, understand system bottlenecks, and analyse …

Purpose Lean implementation is vastly incorporated in core manufacturing processes;
however, its applicability in the supply chain and service industry is still in its infancy. To …

Short discharge time from hospitals increases both bed availability and patients' and
families' satisfaction. In this study, the Six Sigma process improvement methodology was …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide a method for analysing and improving the
operational performance of business processes (BPs). Design/methodology/approach–The …

Hospital decision and policy makers are tasked with developing innovative strategies to
provide patients with quality healthcare in an effective and efficient manner. Operations …

We describe a project where discrete-event simulation (DES) is combined with Soft Systems
Methodology (SSM) and ethnographic observation to support the improvement of patient …

In healthcare management, waiting time for consultation is an important measure that has
strong associations with patient's satisfaction (ie, the longer patients wait for consultation, the …

Aim: This article aims to provide a description of fundamental elements of discrete event
simulation (DES), the process and the values of applying DES in assisting healthcare design …

Over the years, simulation modelling has provided many benefits for healthcare systems;
however, its uptake level remains quite low. Despite its many benefits, simulation modelling …