Systems simulation and design for healthcare delivery

Catalog description

Introduces key elements of computer simulation of healthcare delivery systems that can provide healthcare managers and professionals a unique decision support tool to evaluate design alternatives in complex systems subject to uncertainty, without interrupting the actual process. Topics include simulation modeling with a software package, design of simulation experiments, input modeling, output analysis, cost analysis, verification and validation, systems comparison, optimization via simulation, and visualization and communication. Real-world examples include simulating patient flows at a major hospital for resource allocation and scheduling; disease spread for evaluating mitigation strategies; a pharmaceutical distribution center for congestion reduction; and a pharmaceutical market for evaluating promotion strategies among others.