7:45-8:29
Coffee & registration
8:30 sharp
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Session 1: Applications of Analytics in Healthcare
8:35 am
When does product liability risk chill innovation? Evidence from medical implants
Alberto Galasso, Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
9:05 am
Human Stakeholders and the Use of Animals in Drug Development
Lisa Kramer, Professor of Finance, Department of Management, University of Toronto Mississauga
9:35 am
Do wait times change referral decisions? Evidence from cataract referral patterns in Ontario
Michael Pavlin, Assistant Professor, Operations and Decisions Sciences, School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
10:05 am
Coffee Break
Session 2: Managing Emergency Departments
10:25 am
Shift Effect in Emergency Departments
Tianshu Lu, Rotman School of Management
11:00 am
Applying Discrete-Event Simulation to Produce Measurable Change
Arun Dixit, Quality Improvement Specialist, North York General Hospital
11:30 am
Keynote - The Power of Hybrid Medical Research: Merging Analytic Modeling with Clinical and Operations Data
Professor Abraham (Avi) Seidmann, The Xerox Professor of Computers & Information Systems, Electronic Commerce, and Operations Management, Simon Business School, University of Rochester.
12:30 pm
Networking Lunch
Session 3: Analytics in Healthcare: From Theory to Practice
1:30 pm
Interpreting analytics models
Yaron Shaposhnik, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
2:00
Continuity of care for a home health care provider: how much is too much?
Vahid Roshanaei, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
2:30 pm
Coffee Break
2:45 pm
Analytics for Health System Planning in Ontario: challenges and opportunities
Saba Vahid, Senior Methodologist, Operations Research, Cancer Care Ontario
3:15 pm
Closing remarks
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Registration is now closed.