JMAT 2.0 Operating Room Requirements Estimation Study

Abstract

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Force Health Protection and Readiness (OASD(HA)/FHP&R) commissioned Naval Health Research Center and Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. (NHRC/TBE) to examine the validity of operating room (OR) throughput algorithms used for requirements estimation in the Joint Medical Analysis Tool, Version 2.0 (JMAT 2.0). When a lack of documentation failed to provide sufficient insight into the algorithms or methodologies used by JMAT 2.0, and no work around could be found, NHRC/TBE was asked to develop a separate methodology for OR requirements estimation. NHRC/TBE succeeded in developing a simple, accurate method for OR requirements estimation. The method uses data from the Common User Database and patient condition occurrence frequency tables. The products developed include three major deliverables: (a) technical document describing an expected value methodology for estimating OR requirements; (b) algorithms for estimating OR table requirements for a special case, assuming the probabilities of entering the OR are either "1" or "0"; and (c) an Excel spreadsheet which calculates OR table estimates for the special case.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 25, 2011
Accession Number
ADA563147

Entities

People

  • Ray Mitchell
  • Sherry Adlich
  • Vern Wing

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programs
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Flow Network
  • Frequency
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Military Hospitals
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Simulations
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Surgery
  • Therapy
  • Throughput
  • Triage

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
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