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The Applications of Simulation Modeling in Emergency Departments: A Review

The Applications of Simulation Modeling in Emergency Departments: A Review
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Author(s): Soraia Oueida (American University of the Middle East, Kuwait), Seifedine Kadry (Beirut Arab University, Lebanon), Pierre Abichar (American University of the Middle East, Kuwait)and Sorin Ionescu (Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 32
Source title: Handbook of Research on Data Science for Effective Healthcare Practice and Administration
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Elham Akhond Zadeh Noughabi (University of Calgary, Canada), Bijan Raahemi (University of Ottawa, Canada), Amir Albadvi (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran)and Behrouz H. Far (University of Calgary, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2515-8.ch005

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Abstract

A recent study carried out an empirical investigation of the quality of healthcare delivered to adults and found out that only 54.9±0.6% adult received recommended care. Huge variation in the quality of care depends on patient's condition. In fact, the literature on healthcare is laden with articles like these that emphasize on the importance of the systems view of healthcare problems. Healthcare is a very vast and complex system where different departments interact with each other in order to deliver a certain service to arriving patients. Emergency departments (EDs) are the busiest units of healthcare. Existing problems and their cascading effect will be highlighted by a literature review of a bunch of researches. The purpose of this work is to study, in specific, the emergency department of a hospital with the existing problems and how simulation modeling can interfere in order to solve these problems, increase patient satisfaction and reduce cost. Simulation has emerged as a popular decision support in the domains of manufacturing and services industries.

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