Zhang, Y., Puterman, M. L., Nelson, M., & Atkins, D., A Simulation Optimization Approach for Long-Term Care Capacity Planning
Abstract
This paper describes a methodology for setting long-term care capacity levels over a multi-year planning
horizon, to achieve target wait time service levels. Our approach integrates demographic and survival analysis,
discrete event simulation, and optimization. Based on this methodology, [...]
Research
A Simulation Optimization Approach for Long-Term Care Capacity Planning
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February 23rd, 2010Can you remember a time when a health care provider went beyond the call of duty? Maybe a nurse spent extra time getting to know you or held your hand during a difficult time. In health care, this is known as patient-centred care.
Dr. Daniel Skarlicki, Edgar F. Kaiser Chair of Organizational Behaviour and professor in [...]
Research Team Wins William Pierskalla Best Paper Award
November 23rd, 2009A team of researchers from the Sauder School of Business and the BC Cancer Agency was the recipients of the 2009 William Pierskalla Best Paper Award, which recognizes research excellence in the field of health care management science.
The paper, titled “When to Treat Prostate Cancer Patients Based on Their PSA Dynamics”, presents a “novel approach [...]
Optimal Search with Application to Minimally Invasive Surgery
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Reducing patient wait times and improving resource utilization at BCCA ACU
June 3rd, 2009Santibanez, P., Chow, V., French, J., Puterman, M., Tyldesley, S. Reducing patient wait times and improving resource utilization at British Columbia Cancer Agency’s ambulatory care unit through simulation. Health Care Management Science (2009).
Health Care Operations Research Project
May 27th, 2009Health care is Canada’s largest industry with expenditures exceeding $140 billion. The Canadian healthcare system is at a critical point; it faces an aging population, attrition in its workforce and pressure to adopt new and costly technologies. Further, long current wait times for health care services has become one of the paramount issues facing Canadians. [...]
CIHR Team in Operations Research for Improved Cancer Care
February 28th, 2009This research team brings together a novel group of researchers, clinicians and managers from the Centre for Health Care Management at the Sauder School of Business, UBC and the Provincial Radiation Therapy Program at the BC Cancer Agency to address a key concern of Canadians– providing timely access to quality cancer care. The goal of [...]
Reducing Surgical Ward Congestion at VIHA
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Using Operations Research to Plan the British Columbia Registered Nurses' Workforce
May 6th, 2008Lavieri, M., Regan, S., Puterman, M.L, & Ratner, P.A. Using Operations Research to Plan the British Columbia Registered Nurses’ Workforce. Healthcare Policy (2008) 4, 117-135
Reducing Wait Times Through Operations Research
December 17th, 2007Patrick, J. and Puterman, M.L. Reducing Wait Times Through Operations Research: Optimizing the Use of Surge Capacity. Health Care Policy, accepted December 2007.