Operational Research Society
Health and Social Services Special Interest Group meeting*
(Hosted by the University of Westminster School of Informatics)
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MONDAY 29 January 2007, 17:30-20:00
115 New Cavendish Street, Room C1.04, University of Westminster, London
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529158&Y=181858&A=Y&Z=1
There will be a brief HSS SIG meeting followed by the presentation below at
18:00.
Benchmarking Tools for the NHS
Dr Simon Jones, Dr Foster Intelligence Ltd
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Abstract
Dr Foster Intelligence undertakes research into the drivers and measures of
healthcare performance, analyses quality and cost data, and provides
benchmarking tools to enable clinicians and managers to identify and address
areas of high and low performance. In this presentation, the range of tools
used by Dr Foster and the underling techniques used to develop the tools
will be demonstrated.
Speaker's biography
Dr Simon Jones is Head of Analytical Services at Dr Foster Intelligence.
Before joining Dr Foster, Simon was Head of Operational Research and
Information Services at Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust. Prior to this, Simon
was a senior lecturer in operational research at the School of Mathematics,
Kingston University. Simon's research interests include health economics and
computer simulation applied to health care.
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* For more information contact Dr Thierry Chaussalet, Health and Social Care
Modelling Group (HSCMG), School of Informatics, Department of Information
Systems and Computing, 115 New Cavendish St, London; Tel: 020 7911 5000;
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Dr. T.J. Chaussalet
Reader, School of Informatics
Department of Information Systems and Computing
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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