Question:
Is there a way to model performing a small optional task that reduces primary treatment time when completed? This optional task would be performed while a patient waits for their primary treatment location to become available and not cause the patient to lose their place in line with respect to acuity and total wait time.
Example model Background:
I’m trying to build a model where patients are immediately placed in a bed when they arrive if a bed is available and where the primary assigned nurse will conduct a primary assessment before treatment at the assigned bed. If all beds are full, the patient may be taken to an assessment area by a dedicated staff member to perform the primary assessment while the patient waits for the next available bed to expedite the process.
When a bed becomes available, the patient should be admitted with priority based off of acuity, then wait time, and then if a primary assessment has been completed. Ideally the bed would also be held if the highest acuity patient was in the process of receiving the optional task.
My current model uses “first available location” and patient label triggers for identifying completion of Primary Assessments, which causes lower acuity patients who have completed their primary assessment to sometimes receive a bed before higher acuity patients who have not received their assessment yet or are in the process of receiving an assessment. Ideally the higher acuity patient would be admitted first and have the primary RN perform the assessment in the assigned room.
I’ve attached an example of the current demo model. Thanks for reading and any advice given! pa-skip-test.fsm
