• DocumentCode
    2800520
  • Title

    Simulating an emergency department “is as much fun as... ”

  • Author

    Kirtland, Anthony ; Lockwood, Jacqueline ; Poisker, Karen ; Stamp, Linda ; Wolfe, Patricia

  • Author_Institution
    Peninsula Regional Med. Center, Salisbury, MD, USA
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    3-6 Dec 1995
  • Firstpage
    1039
  • Lastpage
    1042
  • Abstract
    The purpose of the project is to improve the operation of Peninsula Regional Medical Center´s (PRMC) Emergency Department (ED) and decrease patient dissatisfaction with length of stay. The goal is to reduce patient throughput times and determine the appropriate staffing levels. An additional goal is to aid in identifying other system changes to improve patient and department flows in the ED through the use of simulation
  • Keywords
    digital simulation; emergency services; medical administrative data processing; patient care; personnel; simulation; systems analysis; Peninsula Regional Medical Center Emergency Department; department flows; emergency department simulation; patient dissatisfaction; patient flows; patient throughput times; staffing levels; stay length; system changes; Base stations; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Medical services; Medical treatment; Pain; Performance evaluation; Productivity; Project management; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1995. Winter
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-78033018-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WSC.1995.478896
  • Filename
    478896