Modelling Hospital Operations from Paper Registry Data
2019
This article, published in BMJ Global Health, aims to evaluate operations management techniques, which are underutilized in the Ethiopian health system. Previous research has outlined the limitations of paper-based patient records, but few studies have examined their potential utility for improving management of hospital operations. The authors use data collected from paper registries in an Ethiopian obstetrics ward at Addis Ababa’s Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia’s largest university hospital, to model the ward’s operations. The article furthermore provides recommendations on how the obstetrics ward can incorporate the modelling approaches to their daily operations.
Modelling Hospital Operations from Paper Registry Data
Source:
Bigelow B, Desalegn DN, Salomon JA, Verguet S. Modelling Hospital Operations: Insight from Using Data from Paper Registries in the Obstetrics Ward at a Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. BMJ Global Health 2019; 4 (3). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001281