Preface: Special Issue on Performance Modeling and Simulation in Healthcare Information Systems

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Mendonça, E. , E. Chen , P.D. Stetson , L. McKnight , J. Lei , and J. Cimino. 2004. Approach to mobile information and communication for health care. International Journal of Medical Informatics 73(7—8):631—638.

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Hunt, E.A. , K.L., Nelson, and N.A. Shilkofski 2006. Simulation in medicine: Addressing patient safety and improving the interface between healthcare providers and medical technology. Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology 40(5):399—404.

Baesler, F.F. , and J.A. Sepuìlveda. 2006. Multi-objective simulation optimization: A case study in healthcare management. International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory Applications and Practice 13(2):156—165.

Gunal, M.M. , and M. Pidd. 2005. Simulation modelling for performance measurement in healthcare. In Proceedings — Winter Simulation Conference, 2005, WSC Foundation , art. no. 1574567, pp. 2663—2668.

Karacali, B. , and Davatzikos , C. 2006. Simulation of tissue atrophy using a topology preserving transformation model . IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 25(5):649—652.

Ntasis, E. , Maniatis, T.A. , and Nikita, K.S. 2002. Real-time collaborative environment for radiation treatment planning virtual simulation. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 49(12):1444—1451.

Hasegawa, T. , E. Tanaka , T. Yamashita , M. Watanabe , T. Yamaya , and H. Murayama. 2002. A Monte Carlo simulation study on coarse septa for scatter correction in 3-D PET. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 49(5):2133—2138.

Duguay, C. , and Chetouane, F. 2007. Modeling and improving emergency department systems using discrete event simulation. Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International , this issue.

Heng, H. , S. Li , and N. Nha. 2007. Three-dimensional models for cardiac bioelectricity simulation: cell to organ. Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, this issue.

Vouyioukas, D. , D. Komnakos , and I. Maglogiannis. 2007. Emergency m-health services through high-speed 3G systems: simulation and performance evaluation . Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, this issue.

Vergados, D.D. 2007. Simulation and modeling bandwidth control in wireless healthcare information systems. Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International , this issue.