Lanner Group Partners USAID and LSTM to Effect Healthcare Change Through Simulation
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Houston, TX, December 04, 2010 --( WITNESS software will support a Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) research program by modeling the operational roll-out of new Tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic tools.“WITNESS will perform a critical role in helping to model processes which maximize the use of TB diagnostic tools, increasing diagnosis rates.### Lanner Group, Inc. is the Houston, TX based Americas subsidiary of Lanner Group Ltd, a UK company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions to model, analyze and optimize processes through simulation software enabling business managers to make comprehensive decisions in a risk-free environment.Houston, TX, December 04, 2010 --( PR.com )-- The world’s oldest school of tropical medicine, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, has begun life-saving research using simulation specialist Lanner Group’s award-winning WITNESS system as part of an USAID-funded research program focused on improving health systems across the developing world.WITNESS software will support a Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) research program by modeling the operational roll-out of new Tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic tools.The initial phase of the program will be based on data collected from Tanzania.“This is an exciting new research program with the propensity to support huge improvements to healthcare in Africa and developing countries,” comments Ivor Langley, Operational Research Analyst at LSTM.“WITNESS will perform a critical role in helping to model processes which maximize the use of TB diagnostic tools, increasing diagnosis rates.“Simulation presents a low cost, low risk means of facilitating better decision-making, avoiding unintended consequences, and ensuring that precious funding for these kinds of projects is focused on the ultimate objective – improving healthcare and reducing mortality rates.”Follow ‘Lanner Group’ on Facebook and Twitter, username “WitnessSim”.###Lanner Group, Inc. is the Houston, TX based Americas subsidiary of Lanner Group Ltd, a UK company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions to model, analyze and optimize processes through simulation software enabling business managers to make comprehensive decisions in a risk-free environment.