Simulating outpatient obstetrical clinics
Proceedings of the 31st conference on Winter simulation: Simulation---a bridge to the future - Volume 2
Simulation engineering: build better embedded systems faster
Simulation engineering: build better embedded systems faster
Outpatient clinic scheduling: a simulation approach
WSC '04 Proceedings of the 36th conference on Winter simulation
Operations analysis and appointment scheduling for an outpatient chemotherapy department
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
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The clinical character of cardiovascular disease creates challenges in optimizing cardiovascular catheterization lab (CVL) throughput. These challenges are due to case load fluctuations caused by unscheduled Emergency Department patients and simultaneous conflicting demands on cardiologist time. The simulation model provides insight into the complex relationship between patient acuity, treatment, occurrence of queues and bottlenecks in the transfer of patients. The study performed a comparative analysis between CVL operational schemes and assessed how those schemes impacted a variety of metrics related to throughput improvement. A current state model was developed, pertinent data was collected for the patient group and validation of the model was performed. Analysis of simulation results determined the most efficient CVL schedule and resource allocation to improve throughput and resource utilization. The study provides objective guidance to the optimal process modification and allows comparison of the relative differences in cost between the several redesign options.