emergency department has become a useful way to the access to hospital and it is a subject of study for many researchers. the research developed in this paper aims to improve the performance of the emergency department(ed) of sfax hospital. simulation results showed that to manage to increase the number of treated patients and thus to decrease the patient cycle time, it is important to add a sp...

conclusions this study suggests that symptoms like chronic abdominal pain, and chronic constipation seem to put a heavy burden on the economy of the country, so training programs for pediatricians and general physicians that can well train them to handle such symptoms may decrease the number of clinical visits, repetitive investigation procedures, and utilizing multiple prescription drugs. also...

Submitted 25 May 2003 Accepted 23 June 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S ince the pioneering work of Edler in the 1950s, echocardiography machines have evolved into highly complex and sophisticated instruments, allowing detailed analysis of cardiac anatomy and function. They have become so widely available that approximately 1 000 000 echo studies are performed each year in t...

Emergency department has become a useful way to the access to hospital and it is a subject of study for many researchers. The research developed in this paper aims to improve the performance of the emergency department(ED) of Sfax Hospital. Simulation results showed that to manage to increase the number of treated patients and thus to decrease the patient cycle time, it is important to add a sp...