To avoid a procedure starting too late each day in a FlexSim for Healthcare simulation, I have a shift schedule that makes a room unavailable. However, I would also like to require that if a patient arrives prior to a specific time each day that they have a specific group of activities completed. For example, if there is an arrival before noon, the procedure would occur for that patient, however, if they would have arrived at 12:01, the procedure would occur the following day.
Would a decision point be the best way to regulate the goal? If so, is there a way to "force" the procedure to occur and keep staff necessary later in the day? Finally, if the group of activities is running too late in the day, how would you return the patient to a holding area and then begin the next step in the activity group that day so they aren't held overnight in a procedure room?
