Paper Info
Title
Modeling emergency care in hospitals: a paradox - the patient should not drive the process
Abstract
The objective in the creation of domain specific discrete event simulation environments is to facilitate model development in the chosen domain. In the creation of such environments, there has been a tendency to adopt a factory based world view. In this paper, we describe an approach to the creation of a generic modeling environment in the healthcare domain that breaks away from the conventional entity driven request for resource. Our approach has enabled us to create models of emergency care in four UK NHS hospitals that reflect more realistically the way emergency care is actually delivered. It appears, paradoxically, that in simulating emergency care, it is best if the patient does not come first.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/WSC.2006.323113
Winter Simulation Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
conventional entity,simulating emergency care,healthcare domain,uk nhs hospital,chosen domain,model development,simulation environment,generic modeling environment,domain specific discrete event,emergency care,health care,discrete event simulation
Health care,Factory,Simulation,Computer science,Patient care,Generic Modeling Environment,Discrete event simulation
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-4244-0501-7
14
1.24
References 
Authors
7
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andrew M. Hay1141.24
Edwin C. Valentin2312.67
Rienk A. Bijlsma3171.81