Research Article
Using Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology and Discrete Event Simulation to Reduce Patient Discharge Time in King Hussein Cancer Center
Table 1
Summary of tools used in existing work applying Six Sigma to hospitals’ discharge process.
| Tools used | Case studies | Allen et al. [26] | Udayai and Kumar [8] | El-Banna [28] | Vijay [29] |
| Process maps | 1 | | 1 | 1 | Time study | | 1 | | 1 | Brainstorming | | | | 1 | Checklist | | 1 | | 1 | Control charts | | | | | Individual moving range (IMR) | 1 | | 1 | | Root cause analysis | | | | | Cause-and-effect (C & E) matrix | 1 | | | | C & E diagram | | 1 | 1 | | 5 why? | | | | 1 | Brainstorming | 1 | | | | Pareto | | | 1 | | Simulation | | | 1 | | Sigma quality level (SQL) | | | 1 | | Design of experiment (DOE) | | | 1 | |
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