@article{80245590035d4d34855173e10ca57e46,
title = "Understanding Emergency Care Delivery Through Computer Simulation Modeling",
abstract = "In 2017, Academic Emergency Medicine convened a consensus conference entitled, “Catalyzing System Change through Health Care Simulation: Systems, Competency, and Outcomes.” This article, a product of the breakout session on “understanding complex interactions through systems modeling,” explores the role that computer simulation modeling can and should play in research and development of emergency care delivery systems. This article discusses areas central to the use of computer simulation modeling in emergency care research. The four central approaches to computer simulation modeling are described (Monte Carlo simulation, system dynamics modeling, discrete-event simulation, and agent-based simulation), along with problems amenable to their use and relevant examples to emergency care. Also discussed is an introduction to available software modeling platforms and how to explore their use for research, along with a research agenda for computer simulation modeling. Through this article, our goal is to enhance adoption of computer simulation, a set of methods that hold great promise in addressing emergency care organization and design challenges.",
author = "Laker, {Lauren F.} and Elham Torabi and France, {Daniel J.} and Froehle, {Craig M.} and Goldlust, {Eric J.} and Hoot, {Nathan R.} and Parastu Kasaie and Lyons, {Michael S.} and Barg-Walkow, {Laura H.} and Ward, {Michael J.} and Wears, {Robert L.}",
note = "Funding Information: From the Williams College of Business, Xavier University (LFL), Cincinnati, OH; the College of Business, James Madison University (ET), Harrison-burg, VA; the Department of Anesthesiology (DJF) and the Department of Emergency Medicine (MJW), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; the Lindner College of Business (CMF) and the Department of Emergency Medicine (CMF, MSL), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaiser Permanente (EJG), Providence, RI; the Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas (NRH), Houston, TX; the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University (PK), Baltimore, MD; the Department of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology (LHBW), Atlanta, GA; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida (RLW), Jacksonville, FL. Received July 5, 2017; revision received July 21, 2017; accepted August 4, 2017. Working group participants are as follows (in alphabetical order): Ayman Ali, BS, Massachusetts General Hospital; Laura Barg-Walkow, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Bond, MD, Jump Simulation; Laura Kim, MD, VA National Simulation Center; Lauren F. Laker, PhD, Xavier University; Michal S. Lyons, MD, MPH, University of Cincinnati; Jessie Nelson, MD, Regions Hospital; Sho Oku, MD, Kyoto University; Haru Okuda, MD, VA National Simulation Center; Javier Rosario, MD, Osceola Regional Medical Center; Ronald Stevens, PhD, University of California at Los Angeles; Michael J. Ward, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Robert L. Wears, MD, PhD, University of Florida; and Mituki Yarmawaki, MD. Kyoto University. Developed by the 2017 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference, “Catalyzing System Change through Health Care Simulation: Systems, Competency, and Outcomes,” Orlando, FL, May 16, 2017. Dr. Ward was supported by NIH K23 HL127130. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. All authors had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication. The authors have no potential conflicts to disclose. Supervising Editor: Rosemarie Fernandez, MD. Address for correspondence and reprints: Michael J. Ward, MD, PhD, MBA; e-mail: michael.j.ward@vanderbilt.edu. ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2018;25:116–127. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1111/acem.13272",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "25",
pages = "116--127",
journal = "Academic Emergency Medicine",
issn = "1069-6563",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "2",
}