A simulation model using patient database in a paediatric surgical hospital unit

Abstract

A General Purpose Simulating System (CPSS) interface was used to simulate a hospital unit in terms of patient flow. The main purpose was to see, almost instantaneously, the long-term impact of decisions made on patient care. Another intention was to bring out a new and'different point of view with regards to the existing hospital applications in Turkey. Patient wards(PW), surgical intensive care unit (SICU) and operating rooms (theatres) (OR) were only 16.94, 18.20, 6.65 per cent utilised respectively by sampling and computerised simulation. The results confirm the idle capacity of the unit.