Simulating organizations: computational models of institutions and groups
Simulating organizations: computational models of institutions and groups
Business Dynamics
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Many Agent-Simulation and Artificial Life
Many Agent-Simulation and Artificial Life
JBoss at Work: A Practical Guide
JBoss at Work: A Practical Guide
Understanding R&D value creation with organizational simulation
Systems Engineering
Managing Complexity: Disease Control as a Complex Adaptive System
Information-Knowledge-Systems Management
Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory
Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business
Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business
Optimal Allocation of Surgery Blocks to Operating Rooms Under Uncertainty
Operations Research
Improving the science of healthcare delivery and informatics using modeling approaches
Decision Support Systems
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Quality, affordable healthcare remains a contentious, complex and urgent societal problem. Given the scale and complexity of healthcare, systemic changes addressing emergent cost escalation and quality deficiencies are difficult to study, evaluate, and implement. In particular, it is difficult to empirically study alternative means of delivery that do not yet exist. To enable the study of such issues, we designed and developed Health Advisor, a web-based game using organizational simulation. Players are tasked to manage people through the healthcare system by making various information, cost, and quality of care trade-offs with score based on health outcomes and costs incurred. This paper reports on a series of evaluations of Health Advisor and the insights gained from these studies. In particular, results show that people's perceptions of the usability and usefulness of information sources have a strong impact on the use of these sources, and a significant impact on their subsequent performance in diagnoses and referrals.