- Discrete event simulation for healthcare organizations: a tool for decision makingEric Hamrock
John Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Healthc Manag 58:110-24; discussion 124-5. 2013..An original DES model developed to examine crowding and patient flow for staffing decision making at an urban academic emergency department serves as a practical example...
- Designed to fail: how computer simulation can detect fundamental flaws in clinic flowJennifer Kaye Parks
Johns Hopkins Health System, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Healthc Manag 56:135-44; discussion 145-6. 2011..Discrete-event simulation is not a cure-all for clinic throughput problems, but can be a strong tool to provide evidentiary guidance for clinic operational redesign...