Using data analytics to manage bed capacity at LCX hospital

• Main Authors: ANG, Marcus, LAM, Sean Shao Wei
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Data Analytics; Mathematical Modelling; Spreadsheet Modelling; Linear Programming (LP); Optimisation; Post-Optimality Analysis; Hospital Bed Allocation; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment; Medicine and Health Sciences; Portfolio and Security Analysis
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/211; https://cmp.smu.edu.sg/case/3491
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The operational management of allocating beds to patients is a challenging task, and an important component of a hospital’s processes. Given the lean bed capacity that LCX hospital had experienced in the past few months, John Teo, the director of the Bed Management Unit (BMU), and Doe Claris, the se...