Applying Systems Engineering Tools to Measure and Improve Hospital-Based Health Care Delivery

Patient safety and emergency department functionality are compromised when inefficient coordination between hospital departments impedes ED patients access to inpatient cardiac care. The objective of this dissertation was to create a discrete event simulation model of hospital patient flow in order...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levin, Scott R
Other Authors: Daniel J. France
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2008
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu//available/etd-03152008-165339/