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WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Simulating the patient move: transitioning to a replacement hospital
One of the more complex maneuvers a hospital system can perform is moving an entire patient population from an old facility to a replacement facility. All patients must be transpo...
Marshall Ashby, Martin J. Miller, David M. Ferrin,...
WSC
2008
13 years 9 months ago
Discrete event simulation: Optimizing patient flow and redesign in a replacement facility
This study observed the challenges of taking an existing facility's inpatient volumes and procedures and projecting them into a replacement facility with differently sized un...
Marshall Ashby, David M. Ferrin, Martin J. Miller,...
WSC
1998
13 years 8 months ago
Birth of a New Maternity Process
Miami Valley Hospital, the largest hospital in the Dayton, Ohio area, experienced a steady increase in deliveries and births between 1990 and 1996. Maternity length of stay increa...
William C. Johnson
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Design of a role-playing game to study the trajectories of health care workers in an operating room
Drawing on an ethnographic study of hospital work in an operating room, we present the design and implementation of a web-based role-playing application of a master schedule. We s...
Elisa Mattarelli, Kelly J. Fadel, Suzanne P. Weisb...