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Optimized Management of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke

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Wait time in emergency department (ED) processes.

Sima Ajami¹, Saeedeh Ketabi, Mohammad H Yarmohammadian

¹Health Information Technology Department, Faculty of Medical Management and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Ajami@mng.mui.ac.ir

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Adding an intern to the Ear Nose Throat (ENT) service significantly reduced emergency department waiting times. This simulation-based strategy offers a practical solution for improving patient flow and healthcare management.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare Management
Operations Research
Clinical Operations

Background:

Emergency Departments (ED) provide critical care for accident and incident victims.
Simulation is a decision-support tool for analyzing risk and strategy in healthcare.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine emergency department waiting times at Ayatolahkashani Hospital.
To propose simulation-based scenarios for reducing these waiting times.

Main Methods:

An analytical, cross-sectional study collecting data via forms and observations.
Data included waiting and service times across ED treatment and diagnostic stations for 663 patients over two weeks.
SPSS software and simulation techniques were employed for data analysis.

Main Results:

Adding one intern to Ear Nose Throat (ENT) services yielded the greatest waiting time reduction (112.19 to 99.24 minutes).
This scenario reduced mean ENT service time to 26.54 minutes, neurology to 6.58 minutes, and orthopedics to 5.98 minutes.

Conclusions:

Healthcare managers in EDs often lack formal management training.
Simple, logical decision-making tools like simulation are beneficial for ED managers.
Operations research methods, specifically simulation, are suitable for improving ED decision-making and efficiency.