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A Conceptualisation of a Strategy to Shiftwork Scheduling Optimisation in an Emergency Department

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Ubiquitous Computing Application and Wireless Sensor

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Abstract

Shiftwork schedule is required to provide uninterrupted service for the hospital emergency department. There are many limitations with the manual shiftwork scheduling applied at the University of Malaya Medical Centre Emergency Department (UMMC-ED). We propose an alternative shiftwork scheduling strategy to solve these limitations which consists of three modes; Initialization, Sufficient and Insufficient mode. These modes detect the imbalance between workforce and workload which enable the appropriate distribution according to the demands of individual staff. We developed a tool, Trauma Hospital Online Roster (THOR) that implements the above strategy.

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  1. Trauma and Emergency Department, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

    Muhaimin Noor Azhar, Aida Bustam, Rashidi Ahmad & Rishya Manikam

  2. Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Shamimi A. Halim

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  1. Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology SeoulTech, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park

  2. Department of Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Yi Pan

  3. President, National Ilan University, Yilan City, Taiwan

    Han-Chieh Chao

  4. Computer Science & Engineering, Gangneung-Wonju Natioanl University, Wonju, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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Azhar, M.N., Bustam, A., Ahmad, R., Manikam, R., Halim, S.A. (2015). A Conceptualisation of a Strategy to Shiftwork Scheduling Optimisation in an Emergency Department. In: Park, J., Pan, Y., Chao, HC., Yi, G. (eds) Ubiquitous Computing Application and Wireless Sensor. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 331. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9618-7_35

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