Modelling patient flows through hospitals: optimizing effective use of resources

对医院的患者流动进行建模：优化资源的有效利用

• 批准号: LP0349153
• 负责人: Prof Peter Taylor
• 金额: $ 21.78万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-05-17 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0349153
• 关键词: Modelling; patient; flows; through; hospitals

Hospitals are complex, dynamic systems confronted by increased demand in the face of shrinking real capacity. Managing such systems is currently undertaken with sub-optimal analytical support, particularly when demand and capacity are changing and resources must be manipulated to respond to such changes. In this project, the investigators will apply a mathematical modelling approach to the analysis of hospital patient flows. Furthermore, they will employ statistical process control methodologies to the problem of recognising and responding to changes in the flows, so that performance objectives are met. In doing this, they will give health service managers and clinicians a significant advantage in deciding how best to manage a constrained resource to maximize access, throughput and patient outcomes.

医院是一个复杂的、动态的系统，在面临真实的容量不断缩小的情况下，需求不断增加。目前在管理这些系统时，分析支助不够理想，特别是在需求和能力不断变化，必须操纵资源以应对这些变化时。在这个项目中，研究人员将应用数学建模方法来分析医院的病人流量。此外，他们将采用统计过程控制方法来识别和应对流程中的变化，从而达到绩效目标。在这样做的过程中，他们将为卫生服务管理人员和临床医生提供一个重要的优势，以决定如何最好地管理有限的资源，以最大限度地提高访问，吞吐量和患者的结果。