Optimizing Health Care Design: Insights from Discrete Event Simulation in Emergency and Multi-Clinic Projects
Discover how discrete event simulation can optimize health care facility design by improving patient flow, resource use, and operational performance through data-driven, evidence-based design strategies.
About the live course
As health care systems face increasing demands for high-quality, efficient care, facility design is crucial in meeting operational and patient-centered goals. Discrete event simulation (DES) is a cutting-edge tool that enables architects, planners, and health care professionals to visualize and optimize complex patient flows and resource utilization. This session showcases how DES was applied in two emergency departments and two multi-clinic buildings, addressing critical operational challenges and offering long-term design solutions. The speakers will discuss how across all four projects, DES provided a data-driven framework to test scenarios, evaluate performance metrics, and implement evidence-based design improvements. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies for incorporating DES into future health care facility design projects, ensuring operational efficiency and patient-centered care.
- Understand the role of discrete event simulation (DES) in health care facility design.
- Identify key challenges in implementing DES in health care design projects.
- Evaluate the impact of DES on optimizing patient flow and operational efficiency.
- Apply lessons learned from real-world case studies to future health care design projects.
Presented in partnership with the Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH).
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