Integrating balanced scorecard and simulation modeling to improve emergency department performance in Irish hospitals

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2340-2351

  Ismail, Khaled ^a   Abo Hamad, Waleed ^a   Arisha, Amr ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SCORECARDS; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HEALTHCARE SECTORS; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; INTEGRATED MODELS; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION MODELING; STEERING METHOD;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; EMERGENCY ROOMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79951617602     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2010.5678931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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