“Modeling Patient Flow and HHR Forecasting”

Professor Michael Carter from the University of Toronto presents “Modeling Patient Flow and HHR Forecasting” on Thursday, February 2, 2012 from 12-1pm. This event takes place at the room 140 of the Rehabilitation Sciences Building, 500 University Avenue.

Business News Network / Innovating to Squeeze 30% Out of Healthcare Costs

Engineering can be used to deal with bottlenecks, crowded emergency wards and long waiting lists. Professor Michael Carter and Neil McEvoy of the Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering (CRHE) appeared on Business News Network to discuss healthcare delivery and efficiency and cutting costs.

St. Joe’s preparing for more sick patients April 4

CRHE was mentioned in the Hamilton Spectator on March 26, 2011

City on track for worst ambulance shortage ever

CRHE was mentioned in the Hamilton Spectator on March 17, 2011

Cardiology; Researchers led by St. Michael´s Hospital receive grant to teach new method of CPR

2010 NOV 17 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Researchers led by St. Michael´s Hospital will be teaching a quick, inexpensive method of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation to some Toronto-area high school students this fall.

Rescu, a research group headed by Dr. Laurie Morrison, received $50,000 from the American Heart Association and Norway´s Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine to teach an innovative CPR course that takes only 22 minutes, uses an instructional DVD and a small inflatable mannequin and can be taught almost anywhere. Students will also learn how to use an automated external defibrillator.

Reduction of Ontario surgical wait times

Engineering methods developed by CRHE are making a major contribution to a better understanding of how best to reduce wait lists for key medical procedures. Under the direction of the centre’s director, Michael Carter, PhD, a team of researchers has developed a mathematical model that allows for a reliable forecast of how many people are going to require certain types of surgery and how long they will have to wait to receive it. From this model, predictions can be made about the additional surgeries and funding required to decrease wait times to desired levels.

2011 HAS William Pierskalla Best Paper Award

The Health Applications Section of INFORMS sponsors an annual competition for the Pierskalla Award, which recognizes research excellence in the field of health care management science. The award includes a $500 honorarium for the best paper presented in a Health Applications Section sponsored session at the annual INFORMS conference. The award is named after Dr. William Pierskalla to recognize his contribution and dedication to improving health services delivery through operations research. Dr. Pierskalla is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Anderson School at UCLA and the Ronald A. Rosenfeld Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and serves as an editor on numerous operations research journals. The deadline date to apply for the Pierskalla Award is July 1, 2010.

How to Reduce Hospital Health Care Costs

Everyone knows the nation´s health care bill is too big and that rising medical costs are unsustainable. The politicians, health economists and industry lobbyists have their cost-cutting ideas, and many of them are enshrined in the new health care reform law. But

Assembly required: Health care from the Toyota factory floor

CRHE was mentioned in the National Post on 15 March 2010

10 Ways to Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now

Employers and hospitals don´t have to wait for Congress to address inefficiencies and waste

Job opportunities

Job postings are now available through CRHE.

About the Centre

An initiative of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, the Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering (CRHE) is a response to the immediate and compelling desire for efficiency and quality improvements in the Canadian health care system. The Centre will provide both theoretical and practical advice and support for many of today's most pressing problems. CRHE research is focused on the application of Industrial/Systems Engineering techniques in relation to demand and capacity modelling and resource allocation issues in the health care industry. Our goals include creating quantitative decision support tools to help policy makers and industry leaders make better informed decisions. Learn more about us.