ArticleHealth care management science2011
Using discrete event simulation to design a more efficient hospital pharmacy for outpatients.
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- A simulation-based approach for improving the clinical blood sample supply chain.Health care management science · 2021Review
- Lean thinking by integrating with discrete event simulation and design of experiments: an emergency department expansion.PeerJ. Computer science · 2020Article
- A systematic literature review of simulation models for non-technical skill training in healthcare logistics.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2018Article
- Computer modeling of lung cancer diagnosis-to-treatment process.Translational lung cancer research · 2015Review
- Improving patient waiting times: a simulation study of an obesity care service.BMJ quality & safety · 2014Article
- A pharmacy business management simulation exercise as a practical application of business management material and principles.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2014Article
- Using queuing theory and simulation model to optimize hospital pharmacy performance.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2014Article
- A generic simulation model to assess the performance of sterilization services in health establishments.Health care management science · 2013Article
- Modelling the impacts of new diagnostic tools for tuberculosis in developing countries to enhance policy decisions.Health care management science · 2012Article
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Abstract
We present the findings of a discrete event simulation study of the hospital pharmacy outpatient dispensing systems at two London hospitals. Having created a model and established its face validity, we tested scenarios to estimate the likely impact of changes in prescription workload, staffing levels and skill-mix, and utilisation of the dispensaries' automatic dispensing robots. The scenarios were compared in terms of mean prescription turnaround times and percentage of prescriptions completed within 45 min. The findings are being used to support business cases for changes in staffing levels and skill-mix in response to changes in workload.
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