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Simulation and Improvement of Patients' Workflow in Heart Clinics during COVID-19 Pandemic Using Timed Coloured Petri Nets

Zeinalnezhad, M., Chofreh, A.G., Goni, F.A., Klemeš, J.J., Sari, E.

Originální název

Simulation and Improvement of Patients' Workflow in Heart Clinics during COVID-19 Pandemic Using Timed Coloured Petri Nets

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

The COVID-19 epidemic has spread across the world within months and creates multiple challenges for healthcare providers. Patients with cardiovascular disease represent a vulnerable population when suffering from COVID-19. Most hospitals have been facing difficulties in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, and there is a need to minimise patient flow time so that staff health is less endangered, and more patients can be treated. This article shows how to use simulation techniques to prepare hospitals for a virus outbreak. The initial simulation of the current processes of the heart clinic first identified the bottlenecks. It confirmed that the current workflow is not optimal for COVID-19 patients; therefore, to reduce waiting time, three optimisation scenarios are proposed. In the best situation, the discrete-event simulation of the second scenario led to a 62.3% reduction in patient waiting time. This is one of the few studies that show how hospitals can use workflow modelling using timed coloured Petri nets to manage healthcare systems in practice. This technique would be valuable in these challenging times as the health of staff, and other patients are at risk from the nosocomial transmission.

Klíčová slova

healthcare systems; hospital; COVID-19; discrete-event simulation; waiting time; timed coloured Petri net; heart clinic

Autoři

Zeinalnezhad, M., Chofreh, A.G., Goni, F.A., Klemeš, J.J., Sari, E.

Vydáno

2. 11. 2020

Nakladatel

MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND

Místo

MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND

ISSN

1661-7827

Periodikum

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (printed)

Ročník

17

Číslo

22

Stát

Švýcarská konfederace

Strany od

1

Strany do

18

Strany počet

18

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/22/8577

BibTex

@article{BUT171181,
  author="Abdoulmohammad {Gholamzadeh Chofreh} and Feybi Ariani {Goni} and Jiří {Klemeš}",
  title="Simulation and Improvement of Patients' Workflow in Heart Clinics during COVID-19 Pandemic Using Timed Coloured Petri Nets",
  journal="International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (printed)",
  year="2020",
  volume="17",
  number="22",
  pages="1--18",
  doi="10.3390/ijerph17228577",
  issn="1661-7827",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/22/8577"
}