Research Office
Telfer School of Management
University of Ottawa
Desmarais Building
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Ottawa (Ontario) K1N 6N5
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Health Systems Research Seminar Series (HSRSS)
All HSRSS events are free but registration is required. To attend a seminar, please contact:
Caroline Faucher
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To find out about our upcoming seminars, see below or check the Research Calendar.
HSRSS Events - 2013
Lean Health: Methods and Tools
Bohdan W. Oppenheim, Ph.D.
Professor of System Engineering
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles)
Friday, March 8, 2013
10:00 to 12:00
Desmarais Building
DMS 7170
The imperatives driving healthcare improvement include the need for safer and more efficient healthcare delivery. Achieving these imperatives will require new approaches for designing healthcare services.
Challenges for the Health Service over the Next 10-15 Years: Can Telemedicine and eHealth Solutions Help?
Johan Gustav Bellika, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Science and Technology
University of Tromsø
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
We are sorry to inform you that the seminar scheduled with Professor Johan Gustav Bellika has been cancelled. Due to the storm in the US Professor Bellika got stranded in Chicago and will not get here in time for his seminar. We apologize for the unforeseen circumstances.
Many countries are now facing the challenges related to what have been called the Geriatric Tsunami, an aging society. In Norway the projection for the coming years are that a much larger proportions of young people must choose to work within the health service if we continue providing health services as we do today.
Primary Care: How Are We Doing and How Can We Improve?
Dr William E. Hogg, Hon. B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Cl.Sc., M.D.C.M., C.C.F.P., F.C.F.P.
Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa
Senior Research Advisor, C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre
Élisabeth-Bruyère Research Institute
Friday, February 15, 2013
10:00 to 12:00
Desmarais Building
DMS 7170
This seminar will feature an interactive first half where we situate primary care in the context of the broader health care system and examine the Canadian performance of this sector relative to other countries. In the second half, Dr Hogg will present his program of research to assist community practices to adopt best practices and improve the care they provide to patients.
HSRSS Events - 2012
Trauma Signature Analysis: Guidance for Disaster Behavioral Health Response
James M. Shultz, MS, Ph.D.
Director - Center for Disaster & Extreme Event Preparedness (DEEP Center)
Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
14:00 to 16:00
Desmarais Building
DMS 7170
Each disaster leaves an imprint on the affected population, a singular signature. A critical unmet need in the field of disaster behavioral health (DBH) is the capability to tailor mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) to the unique constellation of psychological risk factors operating within each disaster event.
Deviations from Standards in Complex Health Care Environment: Errors or Innovations? (V. Patel)
Biomedical Informatics: Assessing its Evolving Role as both Science and Application (E. Shortliffe)
Vimla L. Patel, Ph.D., DSc, FRSC
Senior Research Scientist
Director, Center for Cognitive Studies in Medicine and Public Health
The New York Academy of Medicine
and
Edward H. Shortliffe, Ph.D.
Scholar in Residence, The New York Academy of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Informatics at both Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and Arizona State University
Friday, November 9, 2012
10:00 to 12:00
Desmarais Building
DMS 4170
Why Is Smart Technology so Dumb? The Problems with Electronic Health Records for Clinicians and Patients
Ross Koppel, Ph.D.
Professor
Sociology Department and School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Friday, October 19, 2012
10:00 to 12:00
Desmarais Building
DMS 7170
Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) is praised and promised as the panacea for inefficient and expansive healthcare. The supporting data, however, are equivocal. Evaluation studies conducted by those developing and implementing the systems tend to be positive.
Accessing Patient Data for Health System Use
Khaled El Emam, Ph.D.
Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information
Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and
the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Ottawa
Friday, September 21, 2012
10:00 to 12:00
Desmarais Building
DMS 7170
Health system use of data is defined as the use of health data for secondary purposes, such as clinical program management, health system management, population health surveillance, and research.
Implementing Electronic Health Records in Canada
Mr. John Burns
Senior Vice-President, Investment Projects
Canada Health Infoway
Friday, May 4, 2012
Canada Health Infoway is a not-for-profit organization that was created in a collaborative effort by the federal, provincial and territorial governments in 2001 to accelerate the development and adoption of Electronic Health Records in Canada.
Improving Problem List Accuracy Using Clinical Decision Support: A Randomized Trial
Adam Wright, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Friday, April 13, 2012
Accurate clinical problems lists are important for healthcare quality. In addition to their direct use in patient care, they are also essential for clinical decision support, research, quality measurement, care management, payment adjustment, clinical communication and a variety of other purposes, and substantial evidence exists that patients with accurate problem lists receive higher quality care and have better outcomes than patients with incomplete problem lists.
Health IT and Patient Safety: Current Status and Future Directions
Vimla L. Patel, Ph.D., DSc, FRSC
Senior Research Scientist
Director, Center for Cognitive Studies in Medicine and Public Health
The New York Academy of Medicine
Friday, March 23, 2012
Health information technology (IT) is designed to help improve the performance of health professionals, to reduce costs, and to enhance patient safety. If implemented appropriately, health IT can help to improve health care providers' performance, to provide better communication between patients and providers, and to enhance patient safety, which ultimately may lead to better care.
Canada: A Health System in Transition?
Gregory P. Marchildon, Ph.D.
Professor
CRC Tier 1 - Public Policy and Business History
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
University of Regina
Friday, February 10, 2012
In his lecture, Greg Marchildon will dig beneath the current polarized rhetoric to determine whether there have been real changes in the direction and performance in the Canadian health system during the past decade.
An Infrastructure for Real-Time Population Health Assessment and Monitoring
David Buckeridge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
CRC Tier 2 - Clinical and Health Informatics Research
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
McGill University
Friday, January 20, 2012
The fragmented nature of population health information is a barrier to public health practice. Despite repeated demands by policy makers, administrators, and practitioners to develop information systems that provide a coherent view of population health status, there has been limited progress.
HSRSS Events - 2011
Optimization of Scheduling for Appointment Based Healthcare Delivery Systems
Brian Denton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
North Carolina State University
Friday, December 2, 2011
In this talk I will discuss optimization models for scheduling surgeries at outpatient clinics and hospitals. I will discuss three related problems.
Changing the Canadian Healthcare System, One Social Determinant of Health at a Time
The Honourable Monique Bégin, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Telfer School of Management
University of Ottawa
Friday, November 11, 2011
In the past three decades, many voices and many events pointed to the need of reforming our Canadian healthcare system.
Healthy Comparisons: Health Care in Canada and in the US
Dr. Antonia Maioni, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science, and
Institute for Health and Social Policy
McGill University
Friday, October 28, 2011
Canada and the US are both facing important challenges in health care reform. How do the two systems compare in terms of the organization and financing of health care?
Analytical Approaches for the Design and Operation of Stroke Units
Dr. Vedat Verter, Ph.D.
Professor of Operations Management
Desautels Faculty of Management
McGill University
Friday, September 23, 2011
In the context of providing acute in-hospital care for stroke patients, I will discuss the impact of inadequate capacity on patient outcomes, and the opportunities for improving these outcomes through identifying appropriate capacity levels as well as patient admission and bed allocation policies.
Designing Usable Healthcare Information Systems and Applications
Dr. Andre Kushniruk, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Health Information Science
University of Victoria (British Columbia)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Dr. Kushniruk will describe an approach to conducting low-cost rapid usability testing of health information systems within local organizations and settings (e.g. “in-situ” in hospitals, physician offices, in patient’s homes, etc.) as well as the methods which have been developed, refined and applied in the usability analysis of a range of complex healthcare information systems.
A Markov Chain Model for an EMS System with Repositioning
Dr. Armann Ingolfsson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Operations Management
Academic Director of the Centre for Excellence in Operations
University of Alberta School of Business
Friday, March 11, 2011
We propose and analyze a two-dimensional Markov chain model of an Emergency Medical Services system that repositions ambulances using a compliance table policy, which is commonly used in practice.
Getting it Right in Remote Canada: Using Health Administrative Data in the Circumpolar North
Dr. Paul Peters, Ph.D.
Technical Specialist
Health Analysis Division
Statistics Canada
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Providing reliable information about remote populations requires reliable data and validated methods of analysis. For much of Canada’s circumpolar north, detailed population information has not been available for researchers and policy makers until recently.
HSRSS Events - 2010
Managing Innovation and Change in Primary Health Care: The Case of Alberta Primary Care Networks
Trish Reay, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Strategic Management and Organization
University of Alberta School of Business
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Alberta is restructuring significant portions of primary health care through the creation of Primary Care Networks (PCNs). These PCNs bring family physicians together with other health professionals in collaborative practice.
Student Engagement and Second Order (Synthetic) Science
Scott Findlay, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biology
Faculty of Science
University of Ottawa
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The synthesis and distillation of science is critical for evidence informed decision-making over a very broad decision landscape, ranging from evidence-informed policy and regulation to strategic investment by the public or private sector in science.
Health Systems Transformation and Research in Malaysia
Haniza Anuar, Ph.D.
Head of Healthcare Services Research
Institute of Health Systems Research (Malaysia)
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
As with most countries, Malaysia is undergoing health systems transformation in order to better provide care to its citizens.
Accreditation Canada and the Accreditation Process: Overview, Challenges and Research Implications
Wendy Nicklin, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Accreditation Canada
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
During this seminar, Wendy Nicklin will provide background regarding Accreditation Canada as an organization, outline research conducted to date regarding accreditation and its impact, discuss the accreditation process and components of the program.
Healthcare Engineering: Quantitative Decision Support for Healthcare Industry
Michael Carter, Ph.D.
Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Healthcare is the number one industry in North America; bigger than automotive, telecommunications or steel. Estimated total spending in 2009 was $183 billion ($5,452 per person) or 10% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Complexity and Error in Medical Practice
Vimla Patel, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making
Professor, School of Health Information Sciences
University of Texas - Houston
Friday, April 23, 2010
The complex nature of decision-making in healthcare has been proposed as a primary barrier to the implementation of effective safety measures.
Clinical Decision Support: Why is It So Hard?
Dean F. Sittig, Ph.D.
School of Health Information Sciences
The University of Texas
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
There is a pressing need for high-quality, effective means of designing, developing, implementing, evaluating, and maintaining all types of clinical decision support capabilities within state of the art clinical information systems.
Electronic Clinical Decision Support: The Holy Grail or Wholly Gruel?
Dr. Michael J. Bullard, MD, CCFP(EM), ABEM, FRCPC
Professor and Director of Emergency Medicine Informatics
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alberta
Friday, March 12, 2010
Medical Informatics has offered the promise of improved delivery of health care for several decades but to date the usability of clinical applications has been moderate at best; ...
Designing Optimal Therapy for Prevention of Stroke from Atrial Fibrillation
Vedat Verter, Ph.D.
Desautels Faculty of Management
McGill University
Friday, February 12, 2010
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is particularly common among the elderly and it is one of the major independent risk factors of stroke.
Sustainable Decisions and Health Care?
Bertrand Mareschal, Ph.D.
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The talk presents decision aid approaches to decision or evaluation problems in health care as a way of achieving better and possibly more ethical decisions.
HSRSS Events - 2009
Improving Medical Treatment Decisions for Type 2 Diabetes
Brian Denton, Ph.D.
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
North Carolina State University
November 26, 2009
According to the American Diabetes Association, there are more than 20 million children and adults in the United States (approximately 7% of the population) who have diabetes.
Improving Quality of Healthcare: Is Data Access the Golden Bullet?
Dr.Alan Forster, Ph.D.
Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
October 16, 2009
Improved healthcare quality is an important, but often poorly attained, goal for our publicly funded health system. One explanation for our inability to address quality problems adequately is a limited access to information describing health care processes and outcomes.
The Optimal Time to Initiate HIV Therapy: Markov Decision Process and Simulation-Based Approaches
Steven Shechter, Ph.D.
Sauder School of Business
University of British Columbia
May 2009
The question of when to initiate HIV therapy is one of the most important and debated issues in HIV care. Treatment guidelines have evolved in the past 15 years from suggesting immediate initiation to a strategy of delayed therapy.
Addressing Emergency Department Overcrowding: Evaluation of a System-Wide Strategy in the Capital Region of Alberta
Dr. Brian H. Rowe, Ph.D.
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alberta
April 21, 2009
The Canadian health care system relies on Emergency Departments (EDs) to provide timely and evidence-based care to acutely ill and injured patients. A situation where patient needs overwhelm the resources available to provide such care is referred to as ED overcrowding.
The Cost-Effectiveness of Vancouver's Supervised Injection Facility
Dr. Greg Zaric, Ph.D.
Canada Research Chair in Health Care Management Science
Ivey School of Business, and
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Western Ontario
April 8, 2009
The cost-effectiveness of Canada's only supervised injection facility has not been rigorously evaluated. We estimated the impact of the facility on survival, rates of HIV and hepatitis C virus infection, referral to methadone maintenance treatment and associated costs.
- Thesis Defence of M.Sc. Candidate Anoosheh Rostamkalaei
- Telfer School Professors Present Their Research at European Accounting Association Congress in Paris
- Pavel Andreev Awarded NSERC Grant for Research on the Performance of Healthcare Teams
- Sandra Schillo and Diane Isabelle are the 2013 recipients of the Telfer-Sprott Research Fund
- Morad Benyoucef Receives a $75,000 Grant For His Research On Social Commerce