Title :
Simulating without data [US Army Personal Information Carrier]
Author :
Hartley, Dean S., III
Author_Institution :
Hartley Consulting, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Abstract :
As a general rule, simulation requires detailed data to properly represent a problem. Occasionally, a problem may be successfully solved using only reasonable approximations to the data. This paper describes such a situation. The Army\´s health services conceived the Personal Information Carrier (PIC) as a replacement for the "dog tag." The concept was to support portable personal health records. The problem was to determine the contents of the records to be stored in the PIC.
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; medical administrative data processing; military computing; smart cards; Army health services; CompactFlash memory card; Personal Information Carrier; medical histories; portable personal health records; Appropriate technology; Biomedical imaging; Engineering profession; History; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Size measurement; Spatial databases; Telemedicine;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Winter
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7614-5
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2002.1172989
