Development of a Computer Simulation Model for an Emergency Medicine Service,

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a computer simulation software package in identifying problem areas within a clinical service. A lack of treatment beds, nursing staff, and physician staff were identified as causes for decreased productivity, measured by patient throughput times. The study tested three hypotheses which included the addition of two treatment beds, three nurse FTEs, and three physician FTEs. A simulation model for the current operations was compared to a separate model for each of the hypotheses, testing for a significant mean differences in throughput times.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA313801

Entities

People

  • Guy T. Kiyokawa

Organizations

  • Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Hypotheses
  • Physicians
  • Productivity
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Throughput

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Medical or Health Care Field.