Imagine building a car and hoping that it will be safe when it is put on the road. Most people would agree this is a risky approach to building and testing cars. Instead cars are crash tested to understand its performance under stress.
The healthcare system is no different. Predicting how this system will behave, react and respond under stress is nearly impossible. Carefully designed simulations, essentially recreated clinical events, allow designers, administrators and clinicians to observe and test new ideas. We call this translational simulation, with the focus to directly improve patient care and healthcare systems. This promising technique allows for an improved understanding of “work-as-done” and how it relates to “work-as-imagined”. Translational simulation can be used for a spectrum of situations from the designing of new clinical spaces to the building of new systems to the testing of existing processes. In this session, we will discuss the how translational simulation will be an essential part of the future of healthcare focusing on specific use cases, their benefits and the return on investment.
