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Agent-Based Patient Scheduling in Hospitals

In: Multiagent Engineering

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  • Torsten O. Paulussen

    (Universität Mannheim)

  • Anja Zöller

    (Universität Mannheim)

  • Franz Rothlauf

    (Universität Mannheim)

  • Armin Heinzl

    (Universität Mannheim)

  • Lars Braubach

    (Universität Hamburg)

  • Alexander Pokahr

    (Universität Hamburg)

  • Winfried Lamersdorf

    (Universität Hamburg)

Abstract

Patient scheduling in hospitals is a very complex task. This complexity stems from the distributed structure of hospitals and the dynamics of the treatment process. Hospitals consist of various autonomous, administratively distinct units which are visited by the patients according to their individual disease. However, the pathways (the needed medical actions) and the medical priorities (the health condition of the patients) are likely to change due to new findings about the diseases of the patients during examination. Moreover, the durations of the treatments and examinations are stochastic. Additional problems for patient scheduling in hospitals arise from complications and emergencies. Thus, patient scheduling in hospitals requires a distributed and flexible approach. To this end, a flexible, agent-based approach to patient scheduling is developed in this chapter. After a description of the addressed patient scheduling problem, the proposed mechanism for patient-scheduling is presented and evaluated.

Suggested Citation

  • Torsten O. Paulussen & Anja Zöller & Franz Rothlauf & Armin Heinzl & Lars Braubach & Alexander Pokahr & Winfried Lamersdorf, 2006. "Agent-Based Patient Scheduling in Hospitals," International Handbooks on Information Systems, in: Stefan Kirn & Otthein Herzog & Peter Lockemann & Otto Spaniol (ed.), Multiagent Engineering, chapter 4, pages 255-275, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ihichp:978-3-540-32062-3_14
    DOI: 10.1007/3-540-32062-8_14
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