H-COAL is an interdisciplinary group of academics and trainees from engineering, medicine, allied health, and other disciplines.  We collaborate with health systems across Canada and worldwide to improve health systems and patient outcomes. Health systems are complex and they are affected by many upstream factors. We aim to understand better the effects of various factors on the system of interest so that we can develop models that provide deep insight.

Our research projects aim to improve access, reduce cost, provide better care, and ultimately improve patient outcomes. We use various methodologies including:

• Implementation research

• Operations research including data envelopment analysis (DEA)

• Computer simulation including discrete event and system dynamics

• Novel data and information visualization

• Artificial intelligence including machine learning