Pathway variation analysis (PVA): Modelling and simulations

In this study, we propose a novel methodology, called pathway variation analysis (PVA), to identify, simulate and analyse variations from the patient care pathways. PVA method includes patient ward level journey dataset and qualitative staff interviews to simulate patient variations. The proposed methodology had been applied to the stroke care services of a hospital, which increased their key performance from 73% to 84.97%. A PVA methodology is proposed which simulated patient diversions from the care pathway by modelling hospital operational parameters, assessing the accuracy of clinical decisions and performance measures of speciality units involved. The proposed methodology can be applied to other care pathways settings to reduce patient diversion from the care pathway.
Source: Operations Research for Health Care - Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research