Lean thinking by integrating with discrete event simulation and design of experiments: an emergency department expansion

Background Many management tools, such as Discrete Event Simulation (DES) and Lean Healthcare, are efficient to support and assist health care quality. In this sense, the study aims at using Lean Thinking (LT) principles combined with DES to plan a Canadian emergency department (ED) expansion and at...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Teodoro Gabriel, Afonso Teberga Campos, Aline de Lima Magacho, Lucas Cavallieri Segismondi, Flávio Fraga Vilela, José Antonio de Queiroz, José Arnaldo Barra Montevechi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-08-01
Series:PeerJ Computer Science
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/cs-284.pdf