Title
A multiple-drawer medication layout problem in automated dispensing cabinets
Abbreviated Journal Title
Health Care Manag. Sci.
Keywords
Pharmaceutical; Quadratic assignment problem; Patient safety; ADCs; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHM; ASSIGNMENT; FACILITIES; SYSTEMS; SPACE; Health Policy & Services
Abstract
In this paper we investigate the problem of locating medications in automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) to minimize human selection errors. We formulate the multiple-drawer medication layout problem and show that the problem can be formulated as a quadratic assignment problem. As a way to evaluate various medication layouts, we develop a similarity rating for medication pairs. To solve industry-sized problem instances, we develop a heuristic approach. We use hospital ADC transaction data to conduct a computational experiment to test the performance of our developed heuristics, to demonstrate how our approach can aid in ADC design trade-offs, and to illustrate the potential improvements that can be made when applying an analytical process to the multiple-drawer medication layout problem. Finally, we present conclusions and future research directions.
Journal Title
Health Care Management Science
Volume
15
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
339
Last Page
354
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1386-9620
Recommended Citation
"A multiple-drawer medication layout problem in automated dispensing cabinets" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 3129.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/3129
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