Estimating capacity and resource allocation in healthcare settings using business process modelling and simulation
Abstract
Healthcare involves complex decision making from planning to resource management. Resources in hospitals are usually allocated by experienced managers,however, due to an inherent process complexity, decisions are surrounded by uncertainties, variabilities, and constraints. Information Systems must be robust enough to provide support to stakeholders, capable of controlling and support work flows. The present work explores the required synergy when combining business processes with discrete event simulation. The objective is to estimate performance indices and address capacity management of a surgical center as a case study.
Citation
Redeker , G , Webber , T , Czekster , R , Quickert , S & Bowles , J K F 2017 , Estimating capacity and resource allocation in healthcare settings using business process modelling and simulation . in Anais XXXVII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação . Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC) , pp. 1979-1982 , Workshop de Informática Médica (WIM) , São Paulo , Brazil , 2/07/17 . < http://csbc2017.mackenzie.br/anais > workshop
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Anais XXXVII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação
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Conference item
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