Rosemarie Sadsad
PhD Student
BE Computer
UNSW
ME Biomedical
UNSW
Thesis Title
Understanding the impact of hospital context on the spread and control of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) through broad-scale systems simulation.
Supervisors
School/Unit
Centre for Health Informatics
Research Interests
Using
health systems simulation to explore and design health policies and services. Health policies and services include: Australian medical workforce, electronic health record systems, medication safety, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) control in hospitals.
Society Memberships & Professional Affiliations
- Engineers Australia
- The Australian Computing Society
Publications
- Lyell D, Sadsad R, Gorgiou A. Health Systems Simulation, Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems, Wickramasinghe N and Geisler E editors, Vol. II Medical Information Science Reference, Hershey New York.
- Sadsad R, McDonnell G, Modelling changes in medication use following the introduction of IT-based health policies, 26th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 20-24, 2008 Athens
- Sadsad R, McDonnell G, Modelling changes in medication use following the introduction of IT-based health policies, 9th PhD Colloquium of the Student Chapter of the System Dynamics Society, July 20, 2008 Athens
- Sadsad R, McDonnell G, Using multi-scale systems simulation to evaluate health records solutions to improve medication use by the elderly in the community, 25th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 29-August 2, 2007 Boston
- Sadsad R, McDonnell G, Using multi-scale systems simulation to evaluate health records solutions to improve medication use by the elderly in the community, 8th PhD Colloquium of the Student Chapter of the System Dynamics Society, July 29, 2007 Boston