Title :
Modeling and analysis of care delivery services within patient rooms
Author :
Wang, Junwen ; Li, Jingshan ; Howard, Patricia K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. & Syst. Eng., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we introduce a Markov chain model to study the care delivery services within the patient rooms. Closed formulas to evaluate the patient length of stay and staff utilizations are developed. To illustrate the method, a numerical example is presented and monotonic properties are discussed. Such a model provides a quantitative tool for healthcare professionals to study and improve patient flow in care deliveries.
Keywords :
Markov processes; health care; patient care; Markov chain model; care delivery services; healthcare professionals; monotonic properties; patient flow; patient rooms; quantitative tool; staff utilizations; Discharges; Medical services; Numerical models; Length of stay; Markov chain; care delivery services; patient flow; patient room;
Conference_Titel :
Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2011 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Trieste
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1730-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-8070
DOI :
10.1109/CASE.2011.6042470
