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SUMMARY:Operational Research in healthcare: what can we learn from design 
 approaches? - Dr Sonya Crowe\, UCL
DTSTART:20170222T110000Z
DTEND:20170222T120000Z
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CONTACT:Mari Huhtala
DESCRIPTION:Operational Research (OR) involves the use of analytical metho
 ds\, such as mathematical modelling and problem structuring\, to support d
 ecisions about ‘real world’ problems. In this presentation\, Dr Crowe 
 from UCL’s Clinical Operational Research Unit will draw on examples to i
 llustrate how OR can inform the organisation and delivery of health care s
 ervices. There will be a particular focus on the combined use of quantitat
 ive (‘hard’) and qualitative (‘soft’) OR methods to tackle problem
 s in care pathways that span multiple settings. Application areas include 
 services provided in the community for babies following cardiac surgery\, 
 and overcrowding in the emergency department of an acute hospital. She wil
 l offer her own reflections on the parallels and differences between OR an
 d design approaches to complex care delivery systems\, and invite a discus
 sion about how the two disciplines might inform and augment each other.
LOCATION:Sir Arthur Marshall Room\, Engineering Design Centre\, CUED
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