Simulation of Patient Admission Process Using Colored Petri Net

In this paper we apply modeling and simulation as an integrated approach to study the patient admission process in a hospital. The span of the processes is of intra and inter-organizational nature, which allows to see the intricacy of organizational processes on one hand, and the process-centric flow of activities on the other hand. This paper resulted from a student research project, where it was aimed to introduce a group of student-researchers to the ideas of business process analysis, design, modeling and simulation. The whole study was organized around the major of Information Systems and the role of business process modeling and simulation as a centerpiece in this major. So, this is not a research paper, but a case study that will be demonstrated.