Resource Capacity Planning in Healthcare

Speaker: Nikky Kortbeek

Affiliation: University of Twente

Time: Monday 20/02/2012 from 14:00 to 15:00

Venue: Access Grid UWS. Presented from Campbelltown (26.1.50), accessible from Parramatta (EB.1.32) and Penrith (Y239).

Abstract:

Driven by increased health expenditures, an ageing population, and long waiting lists, the majority of the hospitals around the world is reconsidering the organisation of the internal processes. The challenge is to redesign the internal layout and control in such a way that both the interests of the patient and of the hospital are addressed. In our research, we aim to develop mathematical models and techniques to analyse and support the design of the optimal logistical layout of a hospital. The output consists of decision support tools, (mathematical) models and techniques that capture the inherent complexity of healthcare processes, to analyse the relation between system configurations, optimized and robust system planning and control, and system performance.

In this talk, I will first give an overview of the type of work we do at CHOIR (Center for Healthcare Operations Improvement & Research), the knowledge center for optimization of healthcare processes and research in the Netherlands, at the University of Twente. Second, I will focus on of the ongoing research projects in particular. In this project, we formulate and implement an algorithm to schedule multidisciplinary treatments for rehabilitation patients at the AMC outpatient clinic.

Biography: Nikky Kortbeek is a 28-year old from The Netherlands. He did his studies at the University of Amsterdam (Bachelor in Econometrics, Master in Operations Research). Currently he is in the last year of a PhD program in Operations research at the University of Twente (UT) in Enschede and the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam. In his research, he focuses on resource capacity planning and control in healthcare.