title: Virtual ambulatory care. Computer simulation applications.
abstract: Computer simulation modeling has evolved during the past twenty years into an effective tool for analyzing and planning ambulatory care facilities. This article explains the use of this tool in three case-study, ambulatory care settings--a GI lab, holding beds for a cardiac catheterization laboratory, and in emergency services. These examples also illustrate the use of three software packages currently available: MedModel, Simul8, and WITNESS.
authors.affiliation: Frank Zilm & Associates, Inc., Kansas City, Mo., USA.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zilm
authors.forename: Kristyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Culp
authors.forename: Beverley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dorney
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005762:Gastroenterology; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D009740:Nursing Staff; D009820:Ohio; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D012984:Software; D013781:Texas