Does Simcad Pro analyze staffing requirements?

Simcad Pro can be used to optimize staffing in any process based environment (manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, office/paperwork and others).

Focusing on the healthcare aspect, take for example an ED (emergency department). the main problem that faces ED supervisors is that they do not have a good forecast on how many patients will walk in nor the severity of their cases. So, in other words, you either staff the ED to the maximum level possible to avoid patient wait time, or staff it for an average day and hope for the best. 

Using Simcad Pro, you can build an ED model that represents the number of beds, triage station, waiting rooms and other supporting entities as your initial base model. Then you apply the resources (nurses, ED doctors, transport, etc.) and define what is required for different treatments. 

If you have access to historical data, run that through with direct import to see if the model behaves correctly and validate that the output is in line with the historical performance of the ED. You should be able to achieve upward of 98% accuracy when compared to real data.

After the model is validated, you can turn the model into a resource optimization scenario by having the dynamic optimizer dial in the proper number of resources required. As an example, if the ED model is connected to the EMR data, then the model will recompute your staffing requirement on a preset interval and email or notify you of any changes. Although this is more of a proactive management tool for the ED, it does lend itself well to better ED efficiency.

Another method is to build guidelines based on the historical data or distributions. Guidelines can be created pretty quickly with multiple runs to indicate that if you have, for example, 5 occupied beds on Monday morning, you will need 3 nurses, 1 doctor, 2 transport to handle the historical load for Mondays in January. The guidelines can be updated regularly to account for seasonality.

The key to this implementation is that you can achieve all this without having to write code, nor load any predefined modules. All required interfaces and controls are built into Simcad Pro, enabling any process oriented person to build these models and benefit from the power of simulation.

Edited by moderator Monday, June 15, 2015 3:16:45 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified