Weill Cornell Bioterrorism and Epidemic Outbreak Response Model (BERM)
© Copyright 2005, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Funded by U.S. DHHS (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), CDC, and NIH)
Overall Campaign Inputs:
Size of Target Population
Duration of Campaign in Days
Hours of Operation per Day
Number of Staffing Shifts per Day
Available Other Staff
Available Health Professionals
Percent Staff Downtime
Percent family/peds/elderly/disabled
Service time increase factor*
* The amount that processing time is slowed for family/peds/elderly/disabled
POD Throughput or Number of PODs
Avg. Service Time in Minutes at Each POD:
Greeting/Entry
Triage
Medical Evaluation
Drug Dispensing
Percent of Patients Routed from Station to Station:
From Greeting/Entry to Medical Eval
From Triage to Medical Eval
From Medical Eval to Health Center
Maximum Avg. Queue Length or Wait Time at
each POD station
Number of Active Core Staff per POD:
Greeters
Triage Staff
Medical Evaluators
Drug Dispensing Staff
Number of Active Support Staff per POD*:
POD Managers
Security Staff
Med Resupply Staff
Data Entry and IT Staff
Other Support Staff**
* All are non-health professionals
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patients/min.
PODs
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Percent of Core Staff that are Health Prof.:
Greeters
Triage Staff
Medical Evaluators
Drug Dispensing Staff
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Per-POD Inputs:
Click on the button below to estimate the number of
core staff required for the campaign entered. You
may alter these estimates before running the
simulation if you wish.
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** Includes translation, crisis counseling, EMS,
** food service, custodial, etc.
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Created by Daniel Wattson and Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH
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