• DocumentCode
    388754
  • Title

    Simulating without data [US Army Personal Information Carrier]

  • Author

    Hartley, Dean S., III

  • Author_Institution
    Hartley Consulting, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    8-11 Dec. 2002
  • Firstpage
    975
  • Abstract
    As a general rule, simulation requires detailed data to properly represent a problem. Occasionally, a problem may be successfully solved using only reasonable approximations to the data. This paper describes such a situation. The Army\´s health services conceived the Personal Information Carrier (PIC) as a replacement for the "dog tag." The concept was to support portable personal health records. The problem was to determine the contents of the records to be stored in the PIC.
  • Keywords
    discrete event simulation; medical administrative data processing; military computing; smart cards; Army health services; CompactFlash memory card; Personal Information Carrier; medical histories; portable personal health records; Appropriate technology; Biomedical imaging; Engineering profession; History; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Size measurement; Spatial databases; Telemedicine;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Simulation Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Winter
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7614-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WSC.2002.1172989
  • Filename
    1172989