In this chapter, we proposed a new architecture that covers two different aspects: technical aspect related to the interoperability between BPMN and DEVS and a health aspect related to the inequality of the geographical physicians' distribution, and to the long waiting times.

Chapter Contents:

• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Problem statement
• 9.3 Case model
• 9.3.1 Physicians' distribution
• 9.3.1.1 The French case
• 9.3.1.2 Focus on the French Dordogne county
• 9.3.2 Population
• 9.3.2.1 Population pyramid in Dordogne
• 9.3.2.2 Generating Dordogne population
• 9.3.3 Care pathways
• 9.3.3.1 Patient pathway modeled with BPMN
• 9.3.3.2 Simplified model of the patient pathway
• 9.3.4 Management rules
• 9.3.5 Patient's satisfaction
• 9.3.5.1 Measurement of the patient's satisfaction
• 9.3.5.2 Our definition of the patient's satisfaction
• 9.4 General overview of the proposed architecture
• 9.4.1 Patient behavior and connection to multilayer network
• 9.4.2 Class diagram of the architecture
• 9.4.3 XmlManager behavior
• 9.4.4 Scenarios and simulation results
• 9.5 Conclusion and perspectives
• References
• Appendix B.1 Architecture modeling and simulation of propagation phenomena
• Appendix B.2 Background and general architecture
• Appendix B.2.1 Context
• Appendix B. 2.2 General architecture
• Appendix B.3 Population generation for network simulation
• Appendix B.3.1 General presentation
• Appendix B.3.2 Dimensions and algorithms
• Appendix B. 3.3 Nodes
• Appendix B.3.4 The family dimension
• Appendix B.4 Conclusion
• Appendix B.5 Simulation of information propagation module:simulation
• Appendix B.5.1 Operational modeling agent
• Appendix B.5.2 Representation of agent behavior
• Appendix B. 5.3 Simulation environment
• Appendix B. 5.3.1 Presentation of the VLE
• Appendix B. 5.3.2 Implementation of propagation phenomenon models in a multilayer social network
• Appendix B.6 Conclusion
• References

Inspec keywords: medical administrative data processing; business data processing; health care; open systems

Other keywords: rural France; long waiting times; discrete event system specification; geographical physician distribution; pathway-based coordination; DEVS; business process modeling and notation tool; BPMN

Subjects: Medical administration; Distributed systems software