Objective: We describe health care simulation, designed primarily for training, and provide
examples of how human factors experts can collaborate with health care professionals and …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of robust
healthcare capacity planning and preparedness for emerging crises. However, healthcare …

The combination of increasing demand and a shortage of nurses puts pressure on hospital
care systems to use their current volume of resources more efficiently and effectively. This …

This article explores the application of simulation-driven decision support systems in the
context of healthcare processes. The findings obtained from the review of related research …

The health system is intricate due to its dynamic nature and critical service requirements.
The involvement of multiple layers of health service providers quadrupled this complexity …

We explore the interplay between domain-informed feature engineering, model
performance, and model interpretability. This is a hybrid modelling and simulation study that …

ABSTRACT Background: Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) are providing an increasing
number of patients with care for outpatient surgery. They represent a step forward in …

Childbirth is a complex clinical service requiring the coordinated support of highly trained
healthcare professionals as well as management of a finite set of critical resources (such as …

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the association between increases in labor and delivery unit
census and delays in patient care decisions using a computer simulation module …

Steadily increasing demand requires neonatal units and networks to improve their overall
capacities. Given the operational complexities involved, simulation is a popular choice for …