1. Development of a Patient Scheduling System for a Radio Diagnosis Department.
- Author
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Arun PP and Panicker VV
- Subjects
- Computer Simulation trends, Diagnostic Imaging methods, Diagnostic Imaging standards, Diagnostic Imaging statistics & numerical data, Humans, India, Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Health Care standards, Quality of Health Care statistics & numerical data, Tomography, X-Ray Computed standards, Tomography, X-Ray Computed statistics & numerical data, Waiting Lists, Appointments and Schedules, Tomography, X-Ray Computed methods
- 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.
- Published
- 2019
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