Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Healthcare I: a discrete-event simulation application for clinics serving the poor
Proceedings of the 33nd conference on Winter simulation
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
Healthcare I: a discrete-event simulation application for clinics serving the poor
Proceedings of the 33nd conference on Winter simulation
Schedule evaluation: simulation study of Dreyer urgent care facility
Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers
A survey of data resources for simulating patient flows in healthcare delivery systems
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
Assessing communication processes within integrated health information systems
BioMED '08 Proceedings of the Sixth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering
Simulation-based study of hematology outpatient clinics with focus on model reusability
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
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Healthcare management operates in an environment of aggressive pricing, tough competition, and rapidly changing guidelines. Computer simulation models are increasingly used by large healthcare institutions to meet these challenges. However, small healthcare facilities serving the poor are equally in need of meeting these challenges but lack the finances and personnel required to develop and implement their own simulation solutions. An academic medical center, healthcare facilities that serve the poor, and the local public health department formed a unique partnership to create low-cost tools to meet these challenges. This article describes the creation of a low-cost, generic, discrete-event simulation model populated by a workflow observation Excel spreadsheet that can be completed by clinic staff themselves, thus "customizing" the simulation model for their own purposes. This initial model focuses on childhood immunization delivery services; the intent is to develop a tool flexible enough to serve other health services delivery needs as well.