Modeling and management of a hospital department via Petri nets

This paper addresses the management and performance analysis of the pulmonology department of the general hospital of Bari, Italy, focusing on the department workflow and drug distribution system. To this aim, we present a discrete event system model which can be employed as a support for taking dec...

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Main Authors: Dotoli, M., Fanti, M.P., Iacobellis, G., Martino, L., Moretti, A.M., Ukovich, W.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Costs
Disaster management
Discrete event systems
drug distribution system
Drugs
Hospital management
Hospitals
Inventory management
Logistics
Medical services
performance evaluation
Petri nets
pharmacy storehouse inventory
Radiofrequency identification
simulation
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Summary:This paper addresses the management and performance analysis of the pulmonology department of the general hospital of Bari, Italy, focusing on the department workflow and drug distribution system. To this aim, we present a discrete event system model which can be employed as a support for taking decisions regarding the information and automation integration in order to improve the drug procurement logistics and management. The model employs a timed Petri net framework to describe in a concise and detailed way the workflow in the pulmonology department, while considering various ordering and management policies of the department drug storehouse.
DOI:10.1109/WHCM.2010.5441248