Modeling bioterrorism preparedness with simulation in rural healthcare system

Author

Patvivatsiri, L. ; Montes, E.J.

Author_Institution

Production Modeling Corp. (PMC), Dearborn

fYear

2007

fDate

9-12 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1155

Lastpage

1160

Abstract

As a result of the anthrax letter incidents in 2001, concerns about terrorists´ use of biological agents have increased dramatically at government state and federal levels. The problem of providing sufficient resources in a healthcare system during a widespread bioterrorist attack is important issues all hospitals encounter. The innovative computer simulation models of the overall treatment process at Lubbock area healthcare systems were developed using the professional simulation software Flexsim 2.6 to determine the total time patient stays in the system and to identify the staff requirement in order to avoid delays in treatment for a variety of hypothetical bioterrorist attack scenarios.

Keywords

biohazards; digital simulation; health care; patient treatment; terrorism; Flexsim 2.6 simulation software; Lubbock area; biological agents; bioterrorism; computer simulation models; federal levels; government state levels; patient treatment process; rural healthcare system; Biological system modeling; Bioterrorism; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Delay effects; Hospitals; Medical services; Medical treatment; Terrorism; US Government;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2007 Winter

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1306-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1306-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2007.4419716

Filename

4419716