Deidre Mcguiness's research while affiliated with University of North Carolina at Charlotte and other places

Publications (2)

Article
Healthcare is a rapidly changing industry, and facilities are struggling to find tools to enhance their ability to keep up with the change. Healthcare staff have generally adapted well, however are rarely in agreement as to how to migrate to a new environment, whether physical, functional or both. Simulation allows significant exploration of multip...

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... Several studies have been conducted based on the factors of success and failures in the DES projects. [15] points out that the user acceptance of simulation process is the key of project's success. [16] argues that the data, the lack of understanding decision-makers and the conflicting objectives of stakeholders are three main challenges for healthcare simulation success. ...
... What we found was that the implementation evaluations that have been published rely heavily on modeller reflections or retrospective questioning of clients (e.g. Barnes, Benson, Quiason, & McGuiness, 1997;Lane, Monefeld, & Husemann, 2003), creating a list of simulation implementation facilitators and barriers that lack a common structure or understanding of when these factors apply. ...