Publications
Prostate Cancer Treatment Research Team Wins Best Paper Award
A 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 [...]
Using Operations Research to Plan the British Columbia Registered Nurses' Workforce
Lavieri, 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
Patrick, J. and Puterman, M.L. Reducing Wait Times Through Operations Research: Optimizing the Use of Surge Capacity. Health Care Policy, accepted December 2007.
The Use of Simulation Modelling to Improve the RT Planning Process
Sauré, A., Werker, G., French, J., and Shechter, S. The Use of Simulation Modelling to Improve the Radiation Therapy (RT) Planning Process. 2007. Operating on Health Care, Vancouver, BC.
A Unified Approach to Health Human Resource Planning in BC
Lavieri, M., Regan, S., Puterman, M., & Ratner, P.A. A Unified approach to health human resource planning in British Columbia. Poster session at the UBC Centre for Healthcare Management Operating on Health Care: An Operations Research Symposium (August 16-17, 2007).
Surgical Block Scheduling in a System of Hospitals
Santibáñez, P., Begen, M., Atkins, D. Surgical block scheduling in a system of hospitals: an application to resource and wait list management in a British Columbia health authority. Health Care Management Science. 10: 269-282, 2007
Improving the Efficiency of Hospital Porter Services
Odegaard, F., Chen, L., Quee, R., Puterman, M. Improving the Efficiency of Hospital Porter Services, Part 1: Study Objectives and Results. Journal for Healthcare Quality: 189 (2007) Odegaard, F., Chen, L., Quee, R., Puterman, M. Improving the Efficiency of Hospital Porter Services, Part 2: Schedule Optimization and Simulation Model Study Objectives and Results.Journal for Healthcare [...]
Improving Resource Utilization for Diagnostic Services Flexible Inpatient Scheduling
Patrick, J., and Puterman, M. Improving Resource Utilization for Diagnostic Services Through Flexible Inpatient Scheduling. Journal of the Operational Research Society (2007) 58, 235–245.
J. Patrick's Thesis – Dynamic patient scheduling for a diagnostic resource
Patrick, J. Dynamic patient scheduling for a diagnostic resource : Vancouver: University of British Columbia, The Faculty of Graduate Studies. (Business Administration). Thesis. Ph.D., 2006. Available at the David Lam Library, UBC.
Designing an Efficient Hospital Porter System
Chen, L., Gerschman, M., Odegaard, F., Puterman, D., Puterman, M., Quee, R. Designing an Efficient Hospital Porter System. Health Care Quarterly (2005).
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