I want to take t his opport unity t o thank those who helped me t o complete this research . I would like to express my thanks to Dr. Douglas Down and Dr. Kamran Sart ipi for t heir guidance and cont inuous support . We browsed a wide range of topics and had several discussions to narrow down my research to a concrete comprehensive work. During t his research they taught me valuable academic skills that will certainly be beneficial t o my fut ure performance.Also, special gratit ude to Dr. Karim Keshavj ee who aided me wit h his vast knowledge of the healt hcare standards . We explored numerous documents to extract t he data we required for my research. I also would like to t hank Dr. Ann Mckibbon who helped me by providing effective information about data workflows in hospitals. I would also like t o t hank t he examiner commit t ee member , Dr. orm Archer and Dr. Frant isek Franek for t heir help and t ime t hat t hey put on reviewing this t hesis. I also wish to thank many friends and relatives who were always there for me during t he hard moments I had.
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