A System Dynamics Approach to Analyze Laboratory Test Errors

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dc.contributor.authorGuo, Shijing
dc.contributor.authorRoudsari, Abdul
dc.contributor.authorGarcez, Artur d’Avila
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-03T23:00:00Z
dc.date.available2016-05-03T23:00:00Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractAlthough many researches have been carried out to analyze laboratory test errors during the last decade, it still lacks a systemic view of study, especially to trace errors during test process and evaluate potential interventions. This study implements system dynamics modeling into laboratory errors to trace the laboratory error flows and to simulate the system behaviors while changing internal variable values. The change of the variables may reflect a change in demand or a proposed intervention. A review of literature on laboratory test errors was given and provided as the main data source for the system dynamics model. Three “what if” scenarios were selected for testing the model. System behaviors were observed and compared under different scenarios over a period of time. The results suggest system dynamics modeling has potential effectiveness of helping to understand laboratory errors, observe model behaviours, and provide a risk-free simulation experiments for possible strategies.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationGuo, S., Roudsari, A. & Garcez, A.A. (2015). A system dynamics approach to analyze laboratory test errors. In Cornet, R., Stoicu-Tivadar, L., Hörbst, A., Calderón, C.L.P., Andersen, S.K. & Hercigonja-Szekeres, M. (Eds.), Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 210: Digital Healthcare Empowering Europeans (pp.266-270). Amsterdam, NL: IOS Press.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-512-8-266
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7265
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStudies in Health Technology and Informaticsen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectMedical errors
dc.subjectclinical chemistry tests
dc.subjectlaboratories
dc.subjectquality control
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Health Information Science
dc.titleA System Dynamics Approach to Analyze Laboratory Test Errorsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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