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Mark W Isken¹, Timothy J Ward, Steven J Littig

¹School of Business Administration, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA. isken@oakland.edu

Health Care Management Science

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Hospital obstetrical units face scheduling challenges due to rising cesarean and induced birth rates. This study introduces patient flow models to optimize scheduling and capacity planning for labor and delivery units.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare Operations Research
Hospital Management
Biomedical Informatics

Background:

Increasing rates of cesarean sections and induced labor present significant scheduling and capacity challenges for inpatient obstetrical units.
Effective management of obstetrical units is crucial for patient care and resource allocation.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and present patient flow models for occupancy and scheduling in hospital inpatient obstetrical units.
To provide tools for analyzing the impact of scheduling practices on unit occupancy and capacity.

Main Methods:

Development of patient flow models incorporating time-dependent arrivals and lengths of stay.
Modeling of multiple patient types, clinical interventions, and inter-unit patient transfers.
Utilization of open-source software tools for model development and release.

Main Results:

The models effectively capture complex characteristics of inpatient obstetrical patient flow.
Models have been applied in hospital projects for designing procedure scheduling templates and analyzing capacity.
Demonstrated the relationship between scheduling practices and unit occupancy.

Conclusions:

Patient flow models offer a valuable approach to addressing scheduling and capacity planning issues in obstetrical units.
The developed open-source toolkit can support hospitals in optimizing obstetrical unit operations.
Improved scheduling and capacity management can enhance efficiency and patient care in obstetrics.