Development of a Patient Scheduling System for a Radio Diagnosis Department. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arun, P. P.; Panicker, Vinay V.
• Is Part Of: Hospital topics. Volume 97:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 98
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Health care organizations -- patient scheduling -- simulation -- excel based VBA tool; Hospitals -- Administration -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; 362.11068
• DOI: 10.1080/00185868.2019.1618773
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0018-5868

Abstract

Abstract: Health care organizations worldwide are constantly under pressure to deliver quality services. Reducing the waiting time of patients is considered to be a significant issue in hospitals. In this study, a radio-diagnosis department in a healthcare organization is considered. The present study mainly focuses on the queuing system of a computed tomography scan section of a public hospital in South India. Simulation is used as an aid to study the behavior of the system. This article also contributes a Visual Basic with Applications based excel tool to tackle the need for a user-friendly tool for scheduling the patients.