Eliminating emergency department wait by BPR implementation

IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1679-1683

  Kumar, A ^a   Shim, S J ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BPR; Simulation; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; HOSPITALS;

BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING (BPR); HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 40649122535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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