Healthcare

Simulation in health care often involves more than trivial skills. For example, modeling all outpatient clinic operations in a facility would probably involve the use of multiple probability distributions and many calculations. Verifying and validating the simulation requires even more technical prowess. Healthcare administration leaders and decision makers must have the knowledge, skill, and abilities to build and understand these simulations.

For this Assignment, review the resources, and reflect on the advanced simulation techniques highlighted. Consider how these advanced simulation techniques might apply to specific simulation models in a health services organization, and then complete the problems assigned for the Assignment.

The Assignment: (3–5 pages)

 

• Complete Problem 45 (Prizdol prescription drug) on page 937 of your course text.

 

Note: You will be using Excel and @Risk for this Assignment.

References:

Albright, S. C., & Winston, W. L. (2015). Business analytics: Data analysis and decision making (5th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

 

• Chapter 16, “Simulation Models” (pp. 880–943)

 

Torabi, E., Froehle, C. M., Lindsell, C. J., Moomaw, C. J., Kanter, D., Kleindorfer, D., & Adeoye, O. (2016). Monte Carlo simulation modeling of a regional stroke team’s use of telemedicine. Academic Emergency Medicine, 23(1), 55–62