Time Table for Resource Only Apply to Subset of Patients?

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Ashlee W asked Oct 12 2022 at 5:48 PM Jeanette F commented Oct 20 2022 at 8:39 PM

Time Table for Resource Only Apply to Subset of Patients?

Hi There,

I am simulating a periop unit and I only wait ORs and inpatient beds to be available 24/7 for unscheduled/emergency patients but only on weekdays from 8-6 for patients who are scheduled/non-emergent.

Is there an "easy" way to do this? I am thinking a time table will do the trick but I need it to only apply to the non-emergent sub set of patients in the model.

Thanks!

Ashlee

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.2.1

time table resources healthcare people patient subset

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Answer 1 · 2022-10-16T03:31:19Z

Jeanette F answered Oct 16 2022 at 3:31 AM Jeanette F commented Oct 20 2022 at 8:39 PM

Hello @Ashlee W,

Jonah's option does work for sorting patients. I think his option would work well if you have emergent and nonemergent arriving at the same acquire location activity. I think the method you mentioned works well when the flow is already split, so I created an example that used the time table like you described.

The time table sets a label called nonemergent to 0 or 1. 1 means nonemergent patients are allowed to acquire the ORs. 0 means they cannot. The process flows I use are identical except in the nonemergent flow the Locations resource has a filter. For this filter to be possible you have to add the label to the Locations List.

For the Time Table I assumed that when the down function is executed that is when the NonEmergent label should be set to 0 and the Resume Function is when the Nonemergent label is set to 1. I also had to add a reevaluate back orders command. This is for any nonemergent patient already waiting for the OR.

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Answer 2 · 2022-10-13T23:10:51Z

Jonah K answered Oct 13 2022 at 11:10 PM

Here is a very simple model that demonstrates how you can use the "Decide" activity to sort patients. The sorting is dependent upon:

1) A label called "Emergency" and

2) The time of day

This model will remove patients if their label Emergency==0 and the Model.time is after 10 AM (7200 sec). Using this same pattern you can organize your patients so Emergency patients are always accepted, and non-emergent patients are rejected after hours.

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