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Reduction of the waiting time of outpatients in hospitals

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26350426
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Social systems engineering/Safety system
Research InstitutionHiroshima University

Principal Investigator

MORIKAWA Katsumi  広島大学, 工学研究院, 准教授 (10200396)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords待ち時間 / 病院 / シミュレーション / 見える化 / 近似最適化 / 負荷
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study has focused on hospitals accepting both scheduled patients and walk-ins, and proposed several techniques to reduce the waiting time in hospitals. To estimate the expected waiting time of an appointment schedule, clearing functions are utilized and a graphical representation of waiting times is realized. To further reduce the waiting time, a scheduled time is assigned to each walk-in at the time of arrival. To select preferable appointment schedules from a set of candidate appointment schedules effectively, the number of simulation runs are controlled by the estimated performance of each candidate. Under the condition that some patients visit one or more examination rooms and then request the second round of consultation, the consultation sequence is generated by using a simple rule. To alleviate the stress of waiting, it is assumed in some studies that the consultation sequence is displayed.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Scheduling appointments for walk-ins2016

    • Author(s)
      Katsumi Morikawa, Katsuhiko Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Production Economics

      Volume: in press(印刷中) Pages: 60-66

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.10.010

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Performance evaluation of candidate appointment schedules using clearing functions2016

    • Author(s)
      Katsumi Morikawa, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Daisuke Hirotani
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

      Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 3 Pages: 509-518

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10845-015-1134-5

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Consultation sequencing of a hospital with multiple service points using genetic programming2016

    • Author(s)
      Katsumi Morikawa, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Keisuke Nagasawa
    • Organizer
      The Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Taiwan (Taipei)
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-07
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 病院における診察順序変更の柔軟性が平均待ち時間に与える影響のシミュレーション分析2016

    • Author(s)
      森川克己,高橋勝彦,長沢敬祐
    • Organizer
      日本経営工学会2016年秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      日本教育会館(東京都千代田区)
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Dispatching rule generation for minimizing the average total waiting time in a hospital2016

    • Author(s)
      Ryosuke Tamura, Katsumi Morikawa, Keisuke Nagasawa, Katsuhiko Takahashi
    • Organizer
      The 13th International Conference on Industrial Management
    • Place of Presentation
      JMSアステールプラザ(広島県広島市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-21
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Appointment scheduling and consultation sequencing under the stochastic arrival of walk-ins2015

    • Author(s)
      Katsumi Morikawa, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Keisuke Nagasawa
    • Organizer
      The Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-08
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 処理時間が不確実なジョブショップ環境における平均待ち時間最小化を目指したディスパッチング規則生成2015

    • Author(s)
      森川克己,高橋勝彦,長沢敬祐
    • Organizer
      日本経営工学会 2015年秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      金沢工業大学(石川県・金沢市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Scheduling outpatient appointments under arrival of walk-ins2015

    • Author(s)
      Katsumi Morikawa, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Daisuke Hirotani
    • Organizer
      The 23rd International Conference on Production Research
    • Place of Presentation
      Manila (Philippines)
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-02
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Simulation-based outpatient appointment scheduling with the aid of clearing function2014

    • Author(s)
      Katsumi Morikawa, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Daisuke Hirotani
    • Organizer
      Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Jeju (South Korea)
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-12 – 2014-10-15
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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