Title
A Multiple-Drawer Medication Layout Problem In Automated Dispensing Cabinets
Keywords
ADCs; Patient safety; Pharmaceutical; Quadratic assignment problem
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. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Publication Date
12-1-2012
Publication Title
Health Care Management Science
Volume
15
Issue
4
Number of Pages
339-354
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-012-9197-8
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84867542752 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84867542752
STARS Citation
Pazour, Jennifer A. and Meller, Russell D., "A Multiple-Drawer Medication Layout Problem In Automated Dispensing Cabinets" (2012). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 4078.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/4078