Modeling the impact of changing patient transportation systems on peri-operative process performance in a large hospital: insights from a computer simulation study

Transportation of patients is a key hospital operational activity. During a large construction project, our patient admission and prep area will relocate from immediately adjacent to the operating room suite to another floor of a different building. Transportation will require extra distance and ele...

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Main Authors: Segev, Danny, Dunn, Peter F, Sandberg, Warren S, Levi, Retsef
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104855
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1994-4875