A discrete event simulation model to evaluate operational performance of a colonoscopy suite

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 380-387

  Berg, Bjorn ^a   Denton, Brian ^a   Nelson, Heidi ^b   Balasubramanian, Hari ^c   Rahman, Ahmed ^b   Bailey, Angela ^b   Lindor, Keith ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Discrete event; Simulation.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 77952961965     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X09345890     Document Type: Article

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