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Table 7 Average waiting time and total examination time of each improvement strategy

From: Data analysis of ambient intelligence in a healthcare simulation system: a pilot study in high-end health screening process improvement

Improvement Strategy

Increase daily customer number (from 21 to 30)

Average total waiting time (min)

Average total exam time (min)

Baseline of original condition

72.29

188.21

(1) Adjust the mixture of customer types

83.04

211.83

(2) Increase bottleneck [L] resources

28.39

151.21

(3) Adjust customer arrival times

55.02

171.48