DocumentCode :
2182629
Title :
Applying computer simulation to increase the surgical center occupation rate at a University Hospital in Curitiba - Brazil
Author :
Protil, Roberto Max ; Stroparo, Joelson Ricardo ; Bichinho, Gerson Linck
Author_Institution :
Bus. Sch., Catholic Univ. of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
fYear :
2008
fDate :
7-10 Dec. 2008
Firstpage :
1609
Lastpage :
1616
Abstract :
The purpose of this document is to discuss the use of computer simulation for increasing the surgical center occupation rate at a University Hospital located in Curitiba, Brazil. For the attainment of this work three scenarios were created. The first scenario has six surgical rooms. It was possible to improve the orthopedic surgical occupation rate specially through changing some input variables. The two following scenarios demonstrated the impact of adding more room capacity. The second scenario uses input data from the real system, making it possible to obtain a better occupation rate. The third scenario showed an increase in occupancy using the input data. These results provided help for the reduction of idleness in this sector.
Keywords :
digital simulation; medical administrative data processing; medical computing; computer simulation; orthopedic surgical occupation rate; surgical center occupation rate; university hospital; Availability; Business; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Decision making; Hospitals; Input variables; Orthopedic surgery; Patient monitoring; Surgical instruments;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2008. WSC 2008. Winter
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2707-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2708-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2008.4736244
Filename :
4736244
Link To Document :
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