Success Stories in Simulation in Health Care

Healthcare is a rapidly changing industry, and facilities are struggling to find tools to enhance their ability to keep up with the change. Healthcare staff have generally adapted well, however are rarely in agreement as to how to migrate to a new environment, whether physical, functional or both. Simulation allows significant exploration of multiple options, without spending enormous amounts of money on staff, training, equipment, and most importantly, without risking possible degradation in the level of healthcare. This paper will describe the use of simulation in pre-op procedures, space utilization and outpatient studies. 1 PRE-OPERATION PROCEDURES Recently a Hospital in the southeast planned to shift its operations to allow pre-op procedures to be performed in a planned outpatient clinic, on the day prior to the surgery. Questions arose regarding the level and disciplines of staffing, the physical capacity, and the hours of operation, of the planned facility. While all involved p...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: WSC
• Authors: Catherine Drury Barnes, Joaquin L. Quiason, Carson Benson, Deidre McGuiness
• Keywords: Modeling And Simulation, Planned Outpatient Clinic, Pre-op Procedures, Simulation, WSC 1997