Application of Lean Methods and Multi-Objective Optimization to Improve Surgical Patients Flow at Winnipeg Children’s Hospital

This research has been defined in response to the Winnipeg children's hospital (WCH) challenges such as long waiting times, delays and cancellations in surgical flow. Preliminary studies on the surgical flow revealed that definition and implementation of successful process improvement projects...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norouzi Esfahani, Nasim
Other Authors: ElMekkawy, Tarek Y.(Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4771