<div dir="ltr">Hi Jacob,<div><br></div><div>I have been on the list for sometime but haven't introduced myself.</div><div><br></div><div>I am a health economist and health services researcher. I am using simulation modelling to solve difficult problems in the delivery of health care services. My recent work involves using discrete event simulation to model the most efficient way of providing hospital orthopaedic outpatient services.</div><div><br></div><div>For the development of the model see:</div><div><a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10198-015-0756-z">http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10198-015-0756-z</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>A further paper with results is currently under review.</div><div><br></div><div>This work was used to inform a service delivery change at a local hospital and has since been extended to a larger health district with four hospitals. </div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)">Dr Tracy <span>Comans</span></span></b><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,102)"> </span></b></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Principal Research Fellow in Health Economics</span></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Metro North Hospital and Health Service District and</span></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Menzies </span><span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Health Ins</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">titute Queensland, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px">Griffith University</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">LO3, Logan Campus, University Drive, Meadowbrook 4131 | Phone</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">+61 7 338 21152 </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">| </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Mobile</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">0401 021 091 </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">| Fax </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">+61 7 338 21160</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">| Email </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)" lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:t.comans@griffith.edu.au" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">t.comans@griffith.edu.au</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">| Web</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span> <font size="1"><font color="#0000ee"><u><a href="http://www.healtheconomics.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.healtheconomics.com.au/</a></u></font> <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">|Research archive </span></font><font size="1"><a href="http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/browse?value=Comans%2C+Tracy&type=author" target="_blank">http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/browse?value=Comans%2C+Tracy&type=author</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/cdpc/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=276df927d6&view=fimg&th=14f909d8183d820f&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=98727f0f9e535ecd_0.0.2&attbid=ANGjdJ8saqIlfPgbViRN2HLgFBOvwZzXMlsJHELz5hYANsgQlFKCyrkfBuvWaKulROtMd8Yry0hULLLH93bb0zAlnS4NhSX3HbOwse26mlOjNQaGNx6EEL6SDKz1FYE&sz=s0-l75-ft&ats=1441240297489&rm=14f909d8183d820f&zw&atsh=1"></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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