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Modelling and Simulation of the Doctors’ Availability in Emergency Department with SIMIO Software. Case of Study: Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital

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Mechatronic Systems: Theory and Applications

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Emergency Departments (ED) require an appropriate allocation of human and material resources in order to increase their effectiveness and efficiency and reduce as much as possible the patients’ waiting time. This chapter describes step by step the patient’s stay process at the ED. The SIMIO software was used for the modelling and simulation of this process. This chapter also presents a novel method of modelling doctors’ availability in the emergency department taking into account their number and availability in trauma and medicine areas. The findings from the different simulated scenarios show that modifying the doctors’ number can have a strong effect on the patients’ length of stay and the number of exited patients from the service. This work was based on the ED at Bichat Claude Bernard Hospital in Paris, France.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the precious collaboration of the emergency department in Bichat-Claude-Bernard Hospital; we would like to thank all the staff, and particularly Pr. CASALINO Enrique, Emergency Department Director, for their time and effort contributed to the present research work. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments and suggestions of the reviewers, which have improved the presentation.

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  1. Mechanics, Modelling and Manufacturing Laboratory (LA2MP), Mechanical Engineering Department, National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), BP 1173, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia

    Mahmoud Masmoudi

  2. Laboratory of Mechanical Systems and Materials (LISMMA), Higher Institute of Mechanics of Paris (SUPMECA), 3 rue Fernand Hainaut, 93407, Saint-Ouen, France

    Patrice Leclaire & Vincent Cheutet

  3. Emergency Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, 46 Rue Henri Huchard, 75018, Paris, France

    Enrique Casalino

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Correspondence to Mahmoud Masmoudi .

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  1. National School of Engineers of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Mohamed Slim Abbes

  2. SUPMECA, Institut Supérieur de Mécanique, Saint-Ouen, France

    Jean-Yves Choley

  3. National School of Engineers of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Fakher Chaari

  4. National School of Engineers of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Abdessalem Jarraya

  5. National School of Engineers of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Mohamed Haddar

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Masmoudi, M., Leclaire, P., Cheutet, V., Casalino, E. (2014). Modelling and Simulation of the Doctors’ Availability in Emergency Department with SIMIO Software. Case of Study: Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital. In: Abbes, M., Choley, JY., Chaari, F., Jarraya, A., Haddar, M. (eds) Mechatronic Systems: Theory and Applications. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07170-1_12

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