Using simulation to improve the patient pre-admission testing design process
WSC '04 Proceedings of the 36th conference on Winter simulation
Improving patient flow in a hospital emergency department
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
Using simulation in hospital layout planning
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Modeling patient flow operation of a US urban county hospital
Technology and Health Care
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Recent reports have established the need for change in the US health system. Building projects can play an important role in enabling change to support organizational objectives. The current major investment in hospital construction in the US provides an opportunity to improve health service. Planning and design of hospitals generally uses benchmarks and experience without rigorous analysis of processes, resources and facility requirements. This paper considers an improved approach to planning and design of hospitals by using Discrete Event Simulation (DES) to enable improvement in the quality and productivity of health services and an improved workplace environment for staff.