Resource allocation simulation on operating rooms of hospital

Author

Zheng, Qian ; Shen, Jie ; Liu, Ze-qing ; Fang, Kai ; Xiang, Wei

Author_Institution

Fac. of Mech. Eng. & Mech., Ningbo Univ., Ningbo, China

Volume

Part 3

fYear

2011

fDate

3-5 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1744

Lastpage

1748

Abstract

Operating room (OR) plays a key role in hospitals. Resources required for surgery process include both manpower and facilities. A rational utilization of resource may lead to high efficiency of OR, as well as patients satisfaction. A discrete event system simulation model of ORs in hospital is built under SIMIO. The case study is investigated based on current patients flow and operation data collected from a comprehensive hospital in Ningbo. By simulation, the current resources´ utilization and the flow time of surgeries are analyzed. The simulation results indicate problems in current OR´s management. Several suggestions based on resource allocation simulation are proposed for improving the OR´s efficiency.

Keywords

discrete event simulation; health care; hospitals; resource allocation; surgery; Ningbo; discrete event system simulation model; healthcare system; hospital; operating rooms; patients satisfaction; resource allocation simulation; surgery process; Analytical models; Data models; Hospitals; Load modeling; Resource management; Surgery; Operating room; SIMIO; resource allocation; simulation modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IE&EM), 2011 IEEE 18Th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Changchun

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-446-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIEEM.2011.6035502

Filename

6035502