A Hospital Simulator (HOSPSIM) A Report of the Model and Results Expected from Field Testing

Abstract

This paper describes the need for overall management training for hospital administrators and traces the work done with hospital simulation games in health care education to date. The computer-based management decision-making game discussed in this paper (HOSPSIM) is designed to provide a new training vehicle for acute care hospital administrators. The model described will simulate the interaction of several competing urban area acute care hospitals. The December 1981 field test of the model is discussed and future plans for the use of the game are considered.