Date of Award
Spring 1992
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
First Advisor
Akbay, Kunter
Second Advisor
Cariapa, Vikram
Third Advisor
Brisley, Chester L.
Abstract
HEALTHSIM is an interactive computer simulation model developed to aid health care administrators in designing and/or improving the operation of their ambulatory service facilities. HEALTHSIM is divided into two phases: description of the facility, and model building and simulation. During the first phase, the user is asked several questions to describe the facility, the personnel availability, and the process flow for each type of surgical procedure to be performed. In the second phase, this information is used to develop a SLAM II simulation, model of the system described by the user. Once the model is developed automatically, several simulation replications are made, and the results are summarized. At this point, the user may go back to the description phase of HEALTHSIM and make modifications to test different types of facility design and policy decisions. HEALTHSIM is organized so that it can be utilized with a minimum of user effort. No simulation knowledge is required to use HEALTHSIM, but yet it can help the user experiment effectively with various design and policy strategies to improve the efficiency and the productivity of the facility being studied.
Recommended Citation
Carlson, Lisa Ann, "Healthsim: SLAM II User Interface for Modeling Health Care Systems" (1992). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 4014.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/4014