Assessment
of European Research and Development
in Operations Research
for Healthcare Delivery Systems
Final report
The final report on European Operations Research for Healthcare
Delivery Systems is now available in PDF format.
Individual chapters are also available.
Workshop
The WTEC workshop on European
Operations Research for Healthcare
Delivery, was held at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) on December 16, 2003. At the workshop, WTEC's panel of experts
focused on the latest work going on in Europe.
The panel's
viewgraphs from
their presentations are
available.
Purpose and Scope
The goal of this study is to
gather information and disseminate it
to government decision makers and the research community on the
worldwide status and trends in Operations Research and System Science
as applied to Heath Care Delivery Systems. The study
panelists
will gather information on R&D abroad useful to the U.S.
government
in planning its
own R&D programs, and will critically analyze and compare the
research in the United States with that being pursued in
abroad.
This information will serve the following purposes:
- Identify good ideas overseas
worth exploring in U.S. S&T
programs
- Clarify research
opportunities and needs for advancing progress
in the field generally
- Identify opportunities for
international collaboration
- Evaluate the position of
foreign research programs relative to
those in the U.S.
Depending on the final
sponsorship, the scope of this study will be
determined by a series of discussions among the sponsors and the panel
members. Subtopics likely to be covered in this WTEC study include the
following:
- Advanced
developments in application of linear, nonlinear
and integer programming as well as other mathematical optimization
mythologies to health care delivery system design and operations
- Advanced applications of
simulation and stochastic network
techniques that integrate computational and data analysis capabilities
for design and resource management in health care systems
- Advanced application
of process and quality control methods
and related data mining methodologies to reducing medical errors and
improving quality and reliability in health care delivery
- Advanced application of risk
management, risk pooling and
decision analysis tools to problems in health care decision making and
finance
- Impacts of new developments
in biomedical research, such as
imaging and biosensing, tissue engineering, functional genomics, and
computer-mediated telemedicine, as new variables in designing optimal
health care delivery systems
- Impacts of latest
developments in computer, network, and human
interface technologies as critical variables in designing next
generation health care systems
- Interaction of public
policy, engineering research, and health
care economics
The study may also address the
following non-technical issues:
- Mechanisms for enhancing
international and interdisciplinary
cooperation in the field
- Opportunities for shortening
the lead time for deployment of new
manufacturing technologies emerging from the laboratory
- Long-range research,
educational, and infrastructure issues that
need addressed to promote better progress in the field
- Current government
S&T funding levels overseas compared to
the United States, to the extent data are available
The above list of topics may be
refined by panel members in
consultation with the sponsors.
Panelists
![[photo: F. Sainfort]](images/fsainfort.1.jpg)
![[photo: D. Gupta]](images/Gupta.1.jpg)
![[photo: R. Rardin]](images/rardin.1.jpg)