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
Approach:
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Results to Date:
Research >> NSF Research Center
NE-VERC Key Partners
The NE-VERC is made up of the following partners:
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VA New England Healthcare System
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James C. Benneyan, Ph.D., Director, New England Healthcare Engineering Partnership
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Other Academic Partners
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Northeastern University (NU) Healthcare Systems Engineering Program, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Engineering Systems
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Management
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Boston University (BU) Schools of Public Health, Medicine and Management
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VISN 1 VHA Partners
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VA Boston Healthcare System
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Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research (COLMR, Boston VA)
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Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC, Boston VA)
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VA Quality Scholars Program (White River Junction VA)
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Northeast Regional VA Nursing Alliance (NERVANA)
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