Shouldice Hospital Case
1.) How well is the hospital currently utilizing its bed? 90 beds x 7 days/ week = 630 beds available in a week
30 patients x 3 days x 5 days per week = 450 beds utilized 450 beds utilized / 630 availble beds = 71.43% The hospital is currently utilizing 71.43% of their beds, this is actually an ideal operating point. To increase its rate of utilization might decrease the service quality. 2.) Develop a similar table to show the effects of adding operations on Saturday. (Assume that 30 operations would still be performed each day.) Check-in Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Monday 30 30 30
Tuesday 30 30 30
Wednesday 30 30 30
Thursday 30 30 30
Friday 30 30 30
Saturday
Sunday 30 30 30
Total 60 90 90 90 90 60 60 How would this affect the utilization of the bed capacity? Is this capacity sufficient for the additonal patients? 90 beds x 7 days/ week = 630 beds available in a week
30 patients x 3 days x 6 days per week = 540 beds utilized 540 beds utilized / 630 beds available = 85.71% Adding operations on Saturday will improved the utilization rate of beds from 71.43% to 85.71%. It is still sufficient; however, we might risk the service quality. 3.) Now look at the effect of increasing the number of beds by 50%. How many operations could the hospital perform per day before running out of bed capacity? (Assume operations are performed five days per week, with the same number performed on each day). 90 beds x 1.50 = 135 beds
135 beds x 7 days = 945 beds available in a week
945 beds / 3 days x 5 days in a week = 63 operations per day The hospital could perform a maximum of 63 operations per day if the beds are increase by 50%.
30 patients x 3 days x 5 days per week = 450 beds utilized 450 beds utilized / 630 availble beds = 71.43% The hospital is currently utilizing 71.43% of their beds, this is actually an ideal operating point. To increase its rate of utilization might decrease the service quality. 2.) Develop a similar table to show the effects of adding operations on Saturday. (Assume that 30 operations would still be performed each day.) Check-in Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Monday 30 30 30
Tuesday 30 30 30
Wednesday 30 30 30
Thursday 30 30 30
Friday 30 30 30
Saturday
Sunday 30 30 30
Total 60 90 90 90 90 60 60 How would this affect the utilization of the bed capacity? Is this capacity sufficient for the additonal patients? 90 beds x 7 days/ week = 630 beds available in a week
30 patients x 3 days x 6 days per week = 540 beds utilized 540 beds utilized / 630 beds available = 85.71% Adding operations on Saturday will improved the utilization rate of beds from 71.43% to 85.71%. It is still sufficient; however, we might risk the service quality. 3.) Now look at the effect of increasing the number of beds by 50%. How many operations could the hospital perform per day before running out of bed capacity? (Assume operations are performed five days per week, with the same number performed on each day). 90 beds x 1.50 = 135 beds
135 beds x 7 days = 945 beds available in a week
945 beds / 3 days x 5 days in a week = 63 operations per day The hospital could perform a maximum of 63 operations per day if the beds are increase by 50%.