Title :
Modeling and management of a hospital department via Petri nets
Author :
Dotoli, M. ; Fanti, M.P. ; Iacobellis, G. ; Martino, L. ; Moretti, A.M. ; Ukovich, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Polytech. of Bari, Bari, Italy
Abstract :
This paper addresses the management and performance analysis of the pulmonology department of the general hospital of Bari, Italy, focusing on the department workflow and drug distribution system. To this aim, we present a discrete event system model which can be employed as a support for taking decisions regarding the information and automation integration in order to improve the drug procurement logistics and management. The model employs a timed Petri net framework to describe in a concise and detailed way the workflow in the pulmonology department, while considering various ordering and management policies of the department drug storehouse.
Keywords :
Petri nets; discrete event simulation; hospitals; department drug storehouse; department workflow; discrete event system model; drug distribution system; drug procurement logistics; drug procurement management; hospital department management; hospital department modeling; management policies; ordering policies; pulmonology department; timed Petri nets; Costs; Disaster management; Discrete event systems; Drugs; Hospitals; Inventory management; Logistics; Medical services; Petri nets; Radiofrequency identification; Hospital management; Petri nets; drug distribution system; performance evaluation; pharmacy storehouse inventory; simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Health Care Management (WHCM), 2010 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4997-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4998-9
DOI :
10.1109/WHCM.2010.5441248
