The key to successful capacity planning is to ensure that each patient travels along the shortest/cheapest path possible within the system, encountering the fewest delays. Secondly, the care models based on syndromes are also fundamental as many patients have similar needs, which could be addressed effectively as a batch. Optimal packages for a particular syndrome require measurable inputs and thus excellent outcomes for the patients. Care processes, on the other hand, involve employing enough staff or nurses with advanced education who can adequately take care of patients. By doing so, a hospital’s capacity is enhanced.
