Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
10 hours
HME707.2 Managing hospital delays, queuing and scheduling
In this course you’ll take a more in-depth look at managing patient flow to reduce hospital delays through the application of different queuing and scheduling models.
Learning on this course
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Analyse the key issues impacting patient flow in hospitals
- appropriate tools to identify and manage delays
- Queuing and scheduling theories to resolve real-world problems in a variety of hospital settings
Who is the course for?
Deakin postgraduate students.
Who will you learn with?
Academic health management professional with a background as CEO in managing hospitals/public health in Victoria and NSW as well Chief Examiner for Australasian College of Health Service Management
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