Assessment of International Research and Development in Operations research and system science for healthcare delivery systems

The following viewgraphs are from the presentations given by the panel members at the WTEC workshop on Operations Research and System Science Applied to Healthcare Delivery Systems in Europe held on Dec 16, 2003. These slides represent interim results from the study, and as such are subject to change. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Government, the authors' parent institutions, or WTEC Inc.

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Table of Contents

• Welcome to AHRQ (Dr. Irene Fraser)
• Introduction to WTEC (R.D. Shelton, WTEC)
• Healthcare Delivery (Dr. Jan Twomey)
• Study Overview (Francois Sainfort Ph.D.)
• Operations Research Environment in Europe (Dr. Ron Rardin)
• Capacity and Process Flow (Diwakar Gupta Ph.D.)
• Information Technology and Patient Tracking (John Blake Ph.D.)
• Health Technology Assessment and Public Health (Francois Sainfort Ph.D.)
• Canadian Research Scene (Mike Carter Ph.D.)
• Conclusions (Francois Sainfort Ph.D.)