Lean thinking by integrating with discrete event simulation and design of experiments: an emergency department expansion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many management tools, such as Discrete Event Simulation (DES) and Lean Healthcare, are efficient to support and assist health care quality. In this sense, the study aims at using Lean Thinking (LT) principles combined with DES to plan a Canadian emergency department (ED) expansion and at meeting the demand that comes from small care centers closed. The project's purpose is reducing the patients' Length of Stay (LOS) in the ED. Additionally, they must be assisted as soon as possible after the triage process. Furthermore, the study aims at determining the ideal number of beds in the Short Stay Unit (SSU). The patients must not wait more than 180 min to be transferred.

Methods

For this purpose, the hospital decision-makers have suggested planning the expansion, and

SUBMITTER: Gabriel GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7924453 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature