Development of a Simulation Environment to Study Emergency Department Information Technology

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-111

  Pennathur, Priyadarshini R ^a   Cao, Dapeng ^a   Sui, Zheng ^b   Lin, Li ^a   Bisantz, Ann M ^a   Fairbanks, Rollin J ^a,c   Guarrera, Theresa K ^a   Brown, Jennifer L ^d   Perry, Shawna J ^e   Wears, Robert L ^f  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b Terra Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Electronic whiteboards; Emergency medicine; Informatics; Patient safety; Situation awareness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKFLOW;

CAREGIVERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 77951451881     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e3181c82c0a     Document Type: Article

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