Past Seminars
Check Up 2007 : Options and Opportunities for Better Health Care in BC
February 6, 2007, Vancouver B.C. Local and international presenters highlight BC’s healthcare challenges and offer a variety of solutions, including lessons from business. Special keynote address by Premier Gordon Campbell, also featuring: Dr. Kenneth Kizer on How the US Veterans Health Administration Became a Healthcare Success Story. Dr. Jonathan Lomas on Myths and Realities: The [...]
Economics, Ethics and Health Care Funding
Dr. Craig Mitton, Assistant Professor in Health Studies, UBC Okanagan Campus presents: Economics, Ethics and Health Care Funding: A Lecture on Priority Setting. Abstract: This talk will address the critical issue of priority setting and resource allocation within health care organizations. Drawing on practical experience with health authorities in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, specific [...]
Using System Dynamics in Practice: A Case Study from Emergency Health Services
Dr. S.C. Brailsford, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, University of Southampton presents: Using System Dynamics in Practice: A Case Study from Emergency Health Services Friday, December 8, 2006 University of British Columbia. Sponsored by MITACS.
Operations Management in Health Care
Jan M.H. Vissers presents: Operations Management in Health Care Abstract: Health Operations Management (Health OM) can be defined as ‘the analysis, design, planning, and control of all of the steps necessary to provide a service for a client’. Health OM refers also to the management of patient flows and resources in and between health care [...]
Operations Research Models in Cancer and Health Care
Prof. Martin L. Puterman & Mariel Lavieri, PhD Student present: Operations Research Models in Cancer and Health Care Abstract: Operations research models provide a wide range of useful tools for medical and clinical decision making. These models are beginning to become widely applied in health care management specifically in the areas of disease modeling and [...]
Stochastic Optimization for HIV Therapy Planning
Steven Shechter, University of Pittsburgh presents: Stochastic Optimization for HIV Therapy Planning Abstract: Despite significant advances in HIV therapies in the past 10 years, there is still considerable debate and research regarding the best way to use them. For example, according to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the question [...]
Revenue management for a primary-care clinic in presence of patient choice
Diwakar Gupta, University of Minnesota presents: Revenue management for a primary-care clinic in presence of patient choice Abstract: In addition to having uncertain patient arrivals, primary care clinics also face uncertainties arising from patient choices. Patients have different perceptions of the acuity of their need, different time-of-day preferences, as well as different degrees of loyalty [...]
Multi-level resource allocation for HIV prevention
Arielle Lasry, University of Toronto presents: Multi-level resource allocation for HIV prevention: a model for developing countries Abstract: HIV intervention funds often traverse several levels in decision-making before reaching their intended program of use. For example, a national healthcare organization may allocate to regional authorities who in turn make their own allocative decisions. Decision makers [...]
Transformation of professional control
Amit Nigam, Goizueta School of Business, Emory University, USA, presents: Transformation of professional control: Changing approaches to healthcare quality in the shift to managed care Abstract: Physicians faced new limits to their authority and autonomy during the shift to managed care in the United States healthcare system. Amidst these changes, they continue to play a [...]
