{"title":"Optimizing Physician's Requirement in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India Using Erlang's Method.","authors":"Meenal Kulkarni","doi":"10.1080/00185868.2021.1969875","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study has attempts to use ERLANG method to find out if a change is needed in the existing manpower with respect to physicians in various departments. The methodology involves calculating the time taken by the doctor of a selected department to carry out multiple activities like consultation of patients, performing minor or major surgeries, other procedures as per the requirement of the department by observation, interaction with staff and accessing required information from Hospital Information System for the departments of surgery, General Medicine, Orthopedics and Emergency Medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":55886,"journal":{"name":"Hospital Topics","volume":"101 2","pages":"113-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hospital Topics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00185868.2021.1969875","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The study has attempts to use ERLANG method to find out if a change is needed in the existing manpower with respect to physicians in various departments. The methodology involves calculating the time taken by the doctor of a selected department to carry out multiple activities like consultation of patients, performing minor or major surgeries, other procedures as per the requirement of the department by observation, interaction with staff and accessing required information from Hospital Information System for the departments of surgery, General Medicine, Orthopedics and Emergency Medicine.
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Hospital Topics is the longest continuously published healthcare journal in the United States. Since 1922, Hospital Topics has provided healthcare professionals with research they can apply to improve the quality of access, management, and delivery of healthcare. Dedicated to those who bring healthcare to the public, Hospital Topics spans the whole spectrum of healthcare issues including, but not limited to information systems, fatigue management, medication errors, nursing compensation, midwifery, job satisfaction among managers, team building, and bringing primary care to rural areas. Through articles on theory, applied research, and practice, Hospital Topics addresses the central concerns of today"s healthcare professional and leader.