Improving cancer care operations

This project is composed of three sub-projects, all sharing the goal of improving cancer care

operations. The first project aims to improve the scheduling of ambulatory clinics at Princess

Margaret Hospital and Women’s College Hospital. Better scheduling will result in less

overtime, improved utilization of shared resources, and increased patient satisfaction. The

second project is focused on optimizing the treatment planning process for patients receiving

radiation therapy at Princess Margaret Hospital. A treatment planner uses sophisticated

software to design radiation therapy treatments in consultation with an oncologist. Much effort

is spent in trial-and-error approaches working with the software. Our approach will reduce the

manual effort and subjectivity needed to design treatments, ultimately making the planning

process more consistent and efficient. The third project, in collaboration with Cancer Care

Ontario, aims to evaluate the efficiency of medical surgery departments of hospitals and

cancer centres across Ontario. Hospitals that are identified efficient will form a peer coaching

team to pass on effective perioperative practices…..TOBECONTINUED

Faculty Supervisor:

Timothy Chan

Student:

Partner:

Princess Margaret Hospital;Women's College Hospital;Cancer Care (Ontario)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

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