Improving Patient Flow Through Axiomatic Design of Hospital Emergency Departments

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dc.contributor.authorPeck, J.
dc.contributor.authorKim, S-G.
dc.contributor.editorRajkumar Roy
dc.contributor.editorEssam Shehab
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-17T14:01:42Z
dc.date.available2009-09-17T14:01:42Z
dc.date.copyright2009
dc.date.issued2009-03-31
dc.descriptionOrganised by: Cranfield Universityen_UK
dc.description.abstractIn response to crowding in hospital emergency departments (ED), efforts have been made to increase patient flow through the Fast Track (FT). The use of FT, however, has not always been accompanied by an increase in the overall patient flow, sometimes leaving the FT underutilized. We find that this is mainly caused by the current practice of assigning patients to FT based only on the Emergency Severity Index. One index for two functional requirements results in a coupling between prioritizing of patients and encouraging the fast flow of them. By introducing a new index for patient flow, we could uncouple this design problem and significantly decrease the overall patient waiting time (~50%) compared to that of the existing use of FT.en_UK
dc.description.sponsorshipMori Seiki – The Machine Tool Companyen_UK
dc.identifier.citationJ. Peck, S-G. Kim, Improving Patient Flow Through Axiomatic Design of Hospital Emergency Departments, Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, Cranfield University, 30-31 March 2009, pp451en_UK
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9557436-4-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1826/3666
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCranfield University Pressen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design
dc.rightsCopyright: Cranfield University 2009
dc.subjectAxiomatic Designen_UK
dc.subjectEmergency Department System Designen_UK
dc.subjectPatient Flowen_UK
dc.titleImproving Patient Flow Through Axiomatic Design of Hospital Emergency Departmentsen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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