Question: Part 1 : You are asked to perform capacity analysis for a local clinic. The current resources of the clinic are as follows: You are

Part 1:
You are asked to perform capacity analysis for a local clinic. The current resources of the clinic
are as follows:
You are also given the following information:
All patients need to register with the receptionist before they can see a nurse or a doctor.
The average time at the reception desk is 3 minutes.
On average
20% of the incoming patients are considered to have only minor problems that can
be handled by nurses.
50% of patients see a primary care provider
10% of patients see a dermatologist
15% of patients see a diabetes care specialist
5% of patients see a nutritionist.
15% of all patients need to see the receptionist to schedule their next appointment after
seeing their nurse or doctor. The average time to do so is 5 minutes.
The average appointment time with each provider is:
Nurse: 15 minutes
Primary Care: 30 minutes
Dermatology: 45 minutes
Diabetes Care: 40 minutes
Nutrition care: 30 minutes
Assume that a typical workday is 10 hours. Reception workers spend half of their time
checking-in patients and scheduling new appointments, nurses spend 25% of their time
seeing patients, and primary care and specialty clinics spend all their time seeing patients.
For reception and nurses, their remaining time is spent on other tasks.
Assume 175 patients arrive per day.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions:
What is the capacity of each resource in terms of number of patient arrivals/day?(18
points)
Which resource is the bottleneck? (3 points)
What is the total system capacity in terms of number of patient arrivals/day?(3 points)
What is the utilization of each resource? (6 points)
answer questions 1-4 please thanks
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