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- Title
StratBAM: A Discrete-Event Simulation Model to Support Strategic Hospital Bed Capacity Decisions.
- Authors
Devapriya, Priyantha; Strömblad, Christopher; Bailey, Matthew; Frazier, Seth; Bulger, John; Kemberling, Sharon; Wood, Kenneth
- Abstract
The ability to accurately measure and assess current and potential health care system capacities is an issue of local and national significance. Recent joint statements by the Institute of Medicine and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality have emphasized the need to apply industrial and systems engineering principles to improving health care quality and patient safety outcomes. To address this need, a decision support tool was developed for planning and budgeting of current and future bed capacity, and evaluating potential process improvement efforts. The Strategic Bed Analysis Model (StratBAM) is a discrete-event simulation model created after a thorough analysis of patient flow and data from Geisinger Health System's (GHS) electronic health records. Key inputs include: timing, quantity and category of patient arrivals and discharges; unit-level length of care; patient paths; and projected patient volume and length of stay. Key outputs include: admission wait time by arrival source and receiving unit, and occupancy rates. Electronic health records were used to estimate parameters for probability distributions and to build empirical distributions for unit-level length of care and for patient paths. Validation of the simulation model against GHS operational data confirmed its ability to model real-world data consistently and accurately. StratBAM was successfully used to evaluate the system impact of forecasted patient volumes and length of stay in terms of patient wait times, occupancy rates, and cost. The model is generalizable and can be appropriately scaled for larger and smaller health care settings.
- Subjects
PENNSYLVANIA; COMPUTER software; CROWDS; DECISION support systems; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL utilization; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HOSPITAL wards; HOSPITALS; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; MANAGEMENT information systems; EVALUATION of medical care; MEDICAL quality control; MEDICAL care costs; PATIENTS; PATIENT safety; PROBABILITY theory; TIME; DISCHARGE planning; ELECTRONIC health records; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Medical Systems, 2015, Vol 39, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
0148-5598
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10916-015-0325-0