Improving Operation Rooms and Planning to Reduce Surgery Cancelations and Inpatient Length of Stay
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Abstract
We apply process modeling and simulation to improve surgery planning, through the coordination of operation rooms and intensive care unit (ICU). A case study was carried out in a Brazilian hospital. With the proposed changes, we obtained a 39% reduction in surgery cancelations and a 61% decrease in preoperative length of stay.
Keywords
Operation room Intensive care unit (ICU) SimulationNotes
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ and PUC-Rio.
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