Simulation analysis of appointment scheduling in an outpatient department of internal medicine
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
Simulation analysis of an outpatient department of internal medicine in a university hospital
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
Bi-criteria evaluation of an outpatient procedure center via simulation
Proceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation: 40 years! The best is yet to come
Using simulation in the implementation of an outpatient procedure center
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
Outpatient appointment scheduling in a multi facility system
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
A Simulation Approach for Scheduling Patients in the Department of Radiation Oncology
Journal of Medical Systems
Winter Simulation Conference
A simulation study to increase throughput in an endoscopy center
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
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With current increasing demands for outpatient medical services, healthcare providers have had to analyze methods for providing safety and quality care services under constrained resources. A long waiting-time has a severe impact not only on the patients' satisfaction but also on the physical conditions of the patients, who receive invasive treatment in ambulatory care facilities. Patients treated with outpatient chemotherapy have been rapidly increasing over the last decade in Japan. In this context, a discrete event simulation model for exploring appointment scheduling in an outpatient chemotherapy department of a general hospital was developed. An efficient schedule was identified that held bed utilization to a tolerance level by restraining the excess waiting-time in a clinical setting. It is suggested that a scheduling method based on the infusion time be available for the outpatient chemotherapy department.