Improving patient flow through axiomatic design of hospital emergency departments

CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-260

  Peck, Jordan S ^a,b   Kim, Sang Gook ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axiomatic design; Discrete event simulation; Emergency department; Health care; Patient flow

Indexed keywords

AXIOMATIC DESIGN; CURRENT PRACTICES; DESIGN PROBLEMS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; FAST TRACKS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; NEW INDICES; PATIENT FLOW; PATIENT WAITING TIME; SEVERITY INDEX;

DESIGN; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; EMERGENCY ROOMS; HEALTH CARE;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 77956743306     PISSN: 17555817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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