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Modeling and Optimization of Hospital Transportation System

Gopal, Kartik
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1481314351566885

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Mechanical Engineering.
Health care cost has significantly risen in the United States in the past decade. It is important to keep the cost down as much as possible. Patient transportation, though menial is an important part of patient care. Various departments run on a schedule, and have a lineup of patients for whom a battery of tests need to be performed. The patients are transported from one department to another by the transportation department. The transportation department handles thousands of intra hospital patient transports. This makes it a challenging task for the transporters to transport the patient to various locations within the hospital in a timely manner. An efficient, safe and timely transport of patients within the hospital is critical to achieve certain standards, business and financial goals. Any delays in transporting patients can lead to a delay in performing certain procedure which in turn affects the cost, customer satisfaction and scorecards. Chapter 3 looks at the implementation of a computerized scheduling system to optimize staffing level for the transportation department. The tool utilizes historical data to look at demand level at half hour intervals. This data then combined with service level and patient waiting time is utilized to find the optimum number of transporters required using queuing theory. The optimum number of transporters generated is then optimized using mixed integer programming in generating an optimum schedule for the transportation department. This tool helps in optimizing staffing levels while keeping the required service levels and meeting patient transfer demands.
Shengyong Wang (Committee Chair)
Chen Ling (Committee Member)
Kwek-Tze Tan (Committee Member)
Ping Yi (Committee Member)
Richard Einsporn (Committee Member)
82 p.
Health Care; Operations Research; Transportation
operational research; Transportation; Health Care; Integer Programming; Queuing Theory; Simulation

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  • Gopal, K. (2016). Modeling and Optimization of Hospital Transportation System [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1481314351566885

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gopal, Kartik. Modeling and Optimization of Hospital Transportation System. 2016. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1481314351566885.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gopal, Kartik. "Modeling and Optimization of Hospital Transportation System." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1481314351566885

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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