Public Health Preparedness Modeling

The Clinic Surge Planning Model is specifically designed for short-duration, high-volume clinics that have a surge of patients when the clinic opens. This model helps planners predict how long the clinic will need to be open to handle the initial surge and the patients who arrive after that. The model is an Excel workbook that [...]

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Version 2.04 of the Clinic Planning Model Generator is currently undergoing some beta testing.  It fixes some minor errors in the queueing calculations for self-service stations and improves the user interface.  If you’re interested in helping us test it, please contact me at jwh2@umd.edu.
We are also working on a Web-based version of the software that [...]

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The POD Game is another interesting tool created by the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health Center for the Advancement of Distance Education (CADE). Even more so than their public health preparedness island in Second Life, the POD Game is oriented to [...]

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Last week I talked to some folks in California who are using the Clinic Planning Model Generator. They pointed out that, in the user’s guide, the description of clinic capacity is not correct.
So, until we get the new version out, here is a better description: “Clinic capacity: the maximum number of patients per hour [...]

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