Annotated BPMN models for optimised healthcare resource planning

Juliana Kuster Filipe Bowles; Ricardo Czekster; Thais Webber

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04771-9_12

Annotated BPMN models for optimised healthcare resource planning

Juliana Kuster Filipe Bowles, Ricardo Czekster, Thais Webber

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

There is an unquestionable need to improve healthcare processes across all levels of care in order to optimise the use of resources whilst guaranteeing high quality care to patients. However, healthcare processes are generally very complex and have to be fully understood before enhancement suggestions can be made. Modelling with widely used notation such as BPMN (Business Process Modelling and Notation) can help gain a shared understanding of a process, but is not sufficient to understand the needs and demands of resources. We propose an approach to enrich BPMN models with structured annotations which enables us to attach further information to individual elements within the process model. We then use performance analysis (e.g., throughput and utilisation) to reason about resources across a model and propose optimisations. We show the usefulness of our approach for an A&E department of a sizeable hospital in the south of Brazil and how different stakeholders may profit from a richer annotated BPMN-based model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations
Subtitle of host publication	STAF 2018 Collocated Workshops, Toulouse, France, June 25-29, 2018, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Manuel Mazzara, Ober Iulian, Gwen Salaün
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	146-162
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030047719
ISBN (Print)	9783030047702
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04771-9_12
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	7th International Symposium "From Data to Models and Back" (DataMod) - Toulouse, France Duration: 25 Jun 2018 → 26 Jun 2018 Conference number: 7 http://pages.di.unipi.it/datamod/edition-2018/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	11176
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	7th International Symposium "From Data to Models and Back" (DataMod)
Abbreviated title	DataMod
Country/Territory	France
City	Toulouse
Period	25/06/18 → 26/06/18
Internet address	http://pages.di.unipi.it/datamod/edition-2018/

Keywords

Process modelling
BPMN
Performance analysis
Optimisation
Healthcare

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Scottish Funding Council
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Automated Conflict Resolution: Automated Conflic Resolution in Clinical Pathways
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EPSRC
1/07/15 → 15/12/18
Project: Standard

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Bowles, J. K. F., Czekster, R., & Webber, T. (2018). Annotated BPMN models for optimised healthcare resource planning. In M. Mazzara, O. Iulian, & G. Salaün (Eds.), Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations: STAF 2018 Collocated Workshops, Toulouse, France, June 25-29, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 146-162). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11176). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04771-9_12

Bowles, Juliana Kuster Filipe ; Czekster, Ricardo ; Webber, Thais. / Annotated BPMN models for optimised healthcare resource planning. Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations: STAF 2018 Collocated Workshops, Toulouse, France, June 25-29, 2018, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Manuel Mazzara ; Ober Iulian ; Gwen Salaün. Cham : Springer, 2018. pp. 146-162 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Bowles, JKF, Czekster, R & Webber, T 2018, Annotated BPMN models for optimised healthcare resource planning. in M Mazzara, O Iulian & G Salaün (eds), Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations: STAF 2018 Collocated Workshops, Toulouse, France, June 25-29, 2018, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11176, Springer, Cham, pp. 146-162, 7th International Symposium "From Data to Models and Back" (DataMod), Toulouse, France, 25/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04771-9_12

Annotated BPMN models for optimised healthcare resource planning. / Bowles, Juliana Kuster Filipe; Czekster, Ricardo; Webber, Thais.
Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations: STAF 2018 Collocated Workshops, Toulouse, France, June 25-29, 2018, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Manuel Mazzara; Ober Iulian; Gwen Salaün. Cham: Springer, 2018. p. 146-162 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11176).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Bowles JKF, Czekster R, Webber T. Annotated BPMN models for optimised healthcare resource planning. In Mazzara M, Iulian O, Salaün G, editors, Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations: STAF 2018 Collocated Workshops, Toulouse, France, June 25-29, 2018, Revised Selected Papers. Cham: Springer. 2018. p. 146-162. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Epub 2018 Dec 6. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-04771-9_12

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Automated Conflict Resolution: Automated Conflic Resolution in Clinical Pathways

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