Health and Social Care Simulation

As the population gets older, and technology is more expensive, the cost of health and social care is going up and new techniques are needed to understand the most effective and affordable interventions to meet the health and social care needs of the population.

Simulation techniques model health and social care systems to enable planners, clinicians, analysts and managers to understand the most efficient and effective way of planning a service, taking into account variability and changes in demand and informing evidence-based decision-making.

Scenario Generator is the first and only simulation software tool for strategic planning that enables design and simulation of care pathways within whole health and social care systems. This supports strategic decision-making and the planning, commissioning and design of new models of care.

Scenario Generator has been developed through a public-private partnership between SIMUL8 Corporation, the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and a number of NHS and local government partners in the UK.

Scenario Generator is designed to:

• Replicate the existing service configuration and care pathways in a health and social care system
• Enable scenarios to be developed that reflect changes in population, prevalence, service configuration and capacity, and models of care
• Simulate scenarios to examine the impact of those changes on flow, capacity, end-to-end transaction times (including delays and waits) and cost across the whole system
• Indicate where changes to one pathway might have impacts elsewhere in the whole system

April 2012 - Scenario Generator at Connected Health Challenges
SIMUL8 Corporation showcasing Scenario Generator, their healthcare specific product at Franco-British exchange to highlight the benefits of this unique software tool, as well as the benefits of simulation..
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March 2012 - Tools for Managing Stakeholders Effectively
"Using scenario planning and modelling tools helps avoid any tendency to downplay the analysis of the implementation risks associated with large complex projects."
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November 2011 - SIMUL8 simulation software helps plan integrated care in the UK
NHS Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire County Council have done some great work in health and social care integration.
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