The 5th IMA Conference on QUANTITATIVE MODELLING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH
CARE will be held at
Goodenough College, central London on 2nd - 4th April 2007
For more information visit the conference website
http://www.healthcareinformatics.org.uk/qmmhealth2007/ or the IMA website
http://www.ima.org.uk/
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Aim and Scope
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The management of Health and Social Care constitutes an important area for
the application of concepts and techniques from the disciplines of
mathematics, operational research and statistics. Problems such as
management of waiting lists and bed capacity, hospital redesign, workforce
planning and scheduling, patient flow modelling, performance management,
disease monitoring, and health care technology assessment have been tackled
using quantitative techniques including statistical analysis, stochastic
processes, queuing theory, mathematical programming, heuristics, discrete
event simulation and system dynamics.
The aim of the conference is to bring together health care managers,
clinicians, management consultants, and mathematicians, operational
researchers, statisticians etc from across the world with a view to
exploring recent developments and identifying fruitful avenues for further
research. The list of keynote speakers reflects this aim.
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Keynote Speakers
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Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive, National Institute of Clinical Excellence,
UK
Nigel Edwards, Director of Policy, NHS Confederation, UK
Professor Mike Pidd, Associate Dean, Management School, University of
Lancaster, UK
Professor Steve Gallivan, Director of the Clinical Operational Research
Unit, University College London, UK
Professor Nick Barber, Head of Department of Practice and Policy, School of
Pharmacy, London, UK
Professor Yasar Ozcan, Department of Health Administration, Virginia
Commonwealth University, USA
Professor Stephen Chick, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
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Call for Papers
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We invite researchers in all relevant methodologies and problem domains to
submit abstracts of 300-500 words to Lucy Nye at [log in to unmask] by 1
DECEMBER 2006. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by 1 January
2007. Authors should indicate whether they wish to make an oral or a poster
presentation. Poster presentations are particularly welcome as they
stimulate discussion and feedback. We are also planning a special poster
presentation session for PhD students to show their work in progress.
Selected papers presented at the conference (whether orally or as a poster)
will be published in the Springer journal Health Care Management Science.
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For more information visit the conference website
http://www.healthcareinformatics.org.uk/qmmhealth2007/ or the IMA website
http://www.ima.org.uk/
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Dr. T.J. Chaussalet
Reader, CSCS
Department of Information Systems
University of Westminster
115 New Cavendish Street
London W1W 6UW
Tel: +44(0)207 911 5000
Email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.healthcareinformatics.org.uk
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