A causal loop diagram of thermostat action including conversions between heat and temperature and outside temperature. The simulation model is at Insightmaker 393
Thermostat Health Vs Health Care Health Care

A causal loop diagram of thermostat action including conversions between heat and temperature and outside temperature. The simulation model is at Insightmaker 393

Thermostat causal loop diagram
Geoff McDonnell
This is a launchpad for patient flow insights for flows through the emergency department and hospital, including the broader community context. It also includes links to other insights relevant to ED flow improvement.
Patient Flow Emergency Health Care

This is a launchpad for patient flow insights for flows through the emergency department and hospital, including the broader community context. It also includes links to other insights relevant to ED flow improvement.

Patient flows ED and Beyond
Geoff McDonnell
Opiod dependence and overuse
Health Care
Opiod dependence and overuse
Fixes That Fail (1)
Tai Huynh
A simple medical workforce model of doctor flows, population and service growth.
Workforce Health Care

A simple medical workforce model of doctor flows, population and service growth.

Medical Workforce Simple
Geoff McDonnell
3
An exploration of interactions among 'fuzzy' qualitative concepts that interact to produce either tolerance or violent conflict. ​Z509 p43-49 System Zoo 3 by Hartmut Bossel.
Health Care System Zoo Self Emotion Violence Social Psychology

An exploration of interactions among 'fuzzy' qualitative concepts that interact to produce either tolerance or violent conflict. ​Z509 p43-49 System Zoo 3 by Hartmut Bossel.

Aggression
Geoff McDonnell
7 2 months ago
WIP concept map to computational model of IMV theory of suicide O'Connor and Nock 2014  Article  (broken link)  more recent article 2018
IMV Health Care Suicide Theory PCT
WIP concept map to computational model of IMV theory of suicide O'Connor and Nock 2014 Article (broken link)  more recent article 2018
Suicide Theory IMV Model
Geoff McDonnell
4 months ago
Based on Nate Osgood's April 2014 Singapore Presentation  Youtube video  and Lyle Wallis material Gojii at  DecisioTech  See also  Complex Decison Technologies IM  as a more polished version
Systems Health Care Methods Behavior Hybrid ABM Decision Making Causation Complexity Engineering Multiscale
Based on Nate Osgood's April 2014 Singapore Presentation Youtube video and Lyle Wallis material Gojii at DecisioTech See also Complex Decison Technologies IM as a more polished version
Complex Intervention Modeling Areas
Geoff McDonnell
9
WIP for Effects of Senior Staff Weekend Rostering on ED Flows. Two areas Map simplified later to no specific areas Simulation in IM-11079
Health Care Patient Flow Emergency Clinical Care
WIP for Effects of Senior Staff Weekend Rostering on ED Flows. Two areas Map simplified later to no specific areas Simulation in IM-11079
ED Weekend Flows Senior Roster
Geoff McDonnell
This model shows the Pharmaceutical New Drug Pipeline based on drug release, approval and patent expiry. This pipeline is then linked to patients switching from older drugs to newer drugs based on proven indications and marketing (indication creep). Based on work by Mark Heffernan on the Australian
Supply Overuse Medicines Health Care Waste

This model shows the Pharmaceutical New Drug Pipeline based on drug release, approval and patent expiry. This pipeline is then linked to patients switching from older drugs to newer drugs based on proven indications and marketing (indication creep). Based on work by Mark Heffernan on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for drug subsidy.Conference paper and Larger ithink model

Pharmaceutical Pipeline and Medicines Use
Geoff McDonnell
Based on a book  chapter by Rosemarie Sadsad based on her PhD Thesis . See also other Insights tagged Multiscale and Realist (  IM-3546  and IM-3834 are embedded here)
Methods Realist Health Care Multiscale
Based on a book chapter by Rosemarie Sadsad based on her PhD Thesis. See also other Insights tagged Multiscale and Realist ( IM-3546 and IM-3834 are embedded here)
Multiscale modeling process
Geoff McDonnell
5 months ago
WIP Simplified Patient Flow map of features in a SD simulation model of performance of a City Hospital over 5 years. Built after a Regional 20 year planning model  IM-10290  The simulation is a large ithink model built by Mark Heffernan
Performance Hospital Regional Health Care Patient Flow Services
WIP Simplified Patient Flow map of features in a SD simulation model of performance of a City Hospital over 5 years. Built after a Regional 20 year planning model IM-10290 The simulation is a large ithink model built by Mark Heffernan
City Hospital Performance over 5 years
Geoff McDonnell
9 months ago
Fig 4.1 p 86 of Beyond Pleasure and Pain: How Motivation Works  Book  by E Tory Higgins OUP (2011). Illustration of the relations among variables that contribute to the value experience. See also Effectiveness  IM-2806
Decision Making Services Needs Value Health Care Action

Fig 4.1 p 86 of Beyond Pleasure and Pain: How Motivation Works Book by E Tory Higgins OUP (2011).

Illustration of the relations among variables that contribute to the value experience. See also Effectiveness IM-2806

The Value Experience
Geoff McDonnell
6 months ago
An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one tells the bartender he wants a beer. The second one says he wants half a beer. The third one says he wants a fourth of a beer. The bartender puts two beers on the bar and says “You guys need to learn your limits.” From Wild About M
Mathematics STILE Health Care
An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one tells the bartender he wants a beer. The second one says he wants half a beer. The third one says he wants a fourth of a beer. The bartender puts two beers on the bar and says “You guys need to learn your limits.” From Wild About Math
Infinite drinkers
Geoff McDonnell
Simple rich picture causal loop diagram of single and double loop learning (DLL). See Individual Learning  IM-616   See also DLL simulation insight
Learning Health Care

Simple rich picture causal loop diagram of single and double loop learning (DLL). See Individual Learning IM-616  See also DLL simulation insight

Single and double loop learning simple rich picture
Geoff McDonnell
5 months ago
Bond Graph Kinetic Modeling Metabolic Map by J LeFevre   http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferences/2004/SDS_2004/PAPERS/379LEFEV.pdf See also  IM-857  and  IM-2235  for more detail
Biomedical Enzyme Health Care

Bond Graph Kinetic Modeling Metabolic Map by J LeFevre  http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferences/2004/SDS_2004/PAPERS/379LEFEV.pdf

See also IM-857 and IM-2235 for more detail

Clone of Michaelis Menten Enzyme Metabolic Map
Rajanikanth Vadigepalli
 Learning THread for hybrid models including Grimm's ODD and Nate Osgood's ABM Modeling Process and  Courses
Hybrid Course Health Care Education Methods

 Learning THread for hybrid models including Grimm's ODD and Nate Osgood's ABM Modeling Process and Courses

Dynamic Models Learning Content
Geoff McDonnell
4
Forcings and feedbacks based on Tom Fiddaman, James Hansen and other feedback and cycle diagrams
Health Care Environment

Forcings and feedbacks based on Tom Fiddaman, James Hansen and other feedback and cycle diagrams

Climate change dynamics
Geoff McDonnell
WIP example of Services oriented multiscale computable narrative synthesis focussed on Coping carefully with diabetes
Primary Care Body & Self Chronic Disease Health Care Regional Clinical Care Multiscale Services Diabetes
WIP example of Services oriented multiscale computable narrative synthesis focussed on Coping carefully with diabetes
Diabetes Care
Geoff McDonnell
Causal Loop Diagram of the Dynamics of Emergency Department Crowding Initial View from the waiting room 
Emergency Health Care Patient Flow

Causal Loop Diagram of the Dynamics of Emergency Department Crowding Initial View from the waiting room 

Emergency Department Simple Wait View CLD 1
Geoff McDonnell
Rich picture CLD of Tradeoffs in Responses to Work Pressure in the Service Industry by Rogelio Oliva California Mgt Review 2001 43(4) 26-43  paper
Health Care Clinical Care Work Services Systems Science Management

Rich picture CLD of Tradeoffs in Responses to Work Pressure in the Service Industry by Rogelio Oliva California Mgt Review 2001 43(4) 26-43 paper


Responses to Service Work Pressure
Geoff McDonnell
3 7 months ago
WIP detail of ED Clinical processes with focus on Stabilising and Deciding how to Admit or Discharge safely, the Disposition decision. For more aggregated views see  IM-8237  for flows and  IM-6913  for Physician Delegate Agent Interactions
Emergency Health Care Clinical Care Patient Flow Disposition
WIP detail of ED Clinical processes with focus on Stabilising and Deciding how to Admit or Discharge safely, the Disposition decision. For more aggregated views see IM-8237 for flows and IM-6913 for Physician Delegate Agent Interactions
ED Clinical Care Processes
Geoff McDonnell
The dynamics of health care spending, or why it keeps growing. Adapted from Fig 7.6 p154 of Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin's PhD thesis SUNY Albany 1993 "The dynamics of health care finance: A feedback view of system behavior."
Health Care Supply Services Governance Funding

The dynamics of health care spending, or why it keeps growing. Adapted from Fig 7.6 p154 of Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin's PhD thesis SUNY Albany 1993 "The dynamics of health care finance: A feedback view of system behavior."

Health Care Spending Dynamics
Geoff McDonnell
5 5 months ago
Critical Systems Heuristics Boundary critique from Ulrich  See also Critical Systems Thinking  Insight
Systems Thinking Methods Health Care CST Ulrich

Critical Systems Heuristics Boundary critique from Ulrich See also Critical Systems Thinking Insight

Critical Systems Heuristics
Geoff McDonnell
3
From Evans RG and Stoddardt GL  1990 paper Soc Sci Med 31(12)1347-63 , also published in a book by Evans, Barer and Marmor, Why are some people healthy and others not?: The determinants of population health. This is a steady state model of  IM-424  that ignores deaths and population increase. This
Health Vs Health Care Health Care Thermostat

From Evans RG and Stoddardt GL  1990 paper Soc Sci Med 31(12)1347-63 , also published in a book by Evans, Barer and Marmor, Why are some people healthy and others not?: The determinants of population health. This is a steady state model of IM-424 that ignores deaths and population increase. This is extended in IM-451

Producing Health Consuming Health Care 2 Steady State
Geoff McDonnell