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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Operations Research
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Emergency departments (EDs) face challenges with limited resources and high patient volumes.
  • Inefficient patient flow and long waiting times negatively impact patient outcomes and operational efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To minimize patient waiting times and unit engagement percentages in EDs.
  • To enhance overall emergency department efficiency through resource optimization.

Main Methods:

  • A hybrid approach combining Discrete Event Simulation (DES), Artificial Neural Network (ANN) algorithm, and Genetic Algorithm (GA).
  • Model validation followed by experimental design to assess the impact of resource changes on waiting times and unit engagement.
  • ANN was used for objective function determination and training, with a fractional GA employed for model solving.

Main Results:

  • Optimization revealed that hospitalization units and their staff were well-resourced, but triage and fast-track units required optimization.
  • Post-experimentation, average triage waiting time approached zero.
  • Average waiting time in the screening section decreased to 158.97 minutes, with unit engagement coefficients of 69% and 84% for triage and screening, respectively.

Conclusions:

  • Service optimization significantly improves patient waiting times and flow in emergency departments.
  • Effective allocation of human and material resources is crucial for enhancing ED efficiency.