Closing the Loop by Operationalizing Systems Engineering and Design (CLOSED)
Motivation:
Specific Aims :
Aim 1:​Use systems engineering and patient engagement to design, develop, and refine a highly reliable “closed loop” system for diagnostic tests and referrals that ensures diagnostic orders and follow-up occur reliably within clinically- and patient-important time-frames.
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Aim 2: Use systems engineering and patient engagement to design, develop, and refine a highly reliable “closed loop” system for symptoms that ensures clinicians receive and act on feedback about evolving symptoms and physical findings of concern to patients or clinicians.
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Aim 3: Design for generalizability across health systems more broadly so that the processes created in Aims 1 and 2 are effective in (1) a practice in an underserved community, (2) a large tele-medicine system, and (3) a representative range of simulated other health system settings and populations.
Partners:
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Sunday, June 2, 2019
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Sunday, June 2, 2019
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We are excited by the growth of the I-PrACTISE initiative (Improving PrimAry Care Through Industrial and Systems Engineering), which focuses on building partnerships between primary care and industrial and systems engineers (ISyE) to accelerate the improvement of important problems.
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Systems engineering uses a range of rigorous approaches to improve the quality, efficiency, safety, and outcomes of complex processes, including healthcare. The Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, National Science Foundation, and Agency for Health Care Quality and Research all have recommended greater collaborations between ISyE and healthcare professionals to improve broken healthcare processes. I-PrACTISE was created specifically to convene, catalyze, and support clinician-engineer partnerships that focus on improving the quality, safety, and experience of primary care for patients, clinicians, and staff.
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