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Patient flow based allocation of hospital resources
1Graduate School of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied in Medicine and Biology
|September 1, 1995
Summary
Hospital resource allocation often causes inefficient capacity use. This research developed a framework and computer models to optimize resource management and improve hospital operational efficiency.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Operations Research
- Hospital Administration
Background:
- Current hospital resource allocation practices lead to uneven departmental workloads, causing capacity loss.
- Decisions on resource allocation to specialties often neglect capacity coordination requirements.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze hospital production systems and identify capacity coordination needs.
- To develop a framework and computer models for improved hospital resource management decision-making.
- To illustrate the application of these models through case studies.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of hospital production system dependencies.
- Development of a resource management decision-making framework.
- Creation of computer models for resource allocation support.
- Case study applications in hospital settings.
Main Results:
- Identified key capacity coordination requirements for optimized resource utilization.
- Developed and tested a framework and computer models for managerial decision support.
- Demonstrated successful application in projects like operating theatre scheduling and master planning.
Conclusions:
- The new allocation procedure shows improved results in resource management.
- Recommendations are provided for future research in hospital resource optimization.