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:
Improved Access Projects
We work closely here at HSyE with the Veterans Affairs Centers in the Northeastern United States to help to provide quality care to our veterans. We work alongside the VA medical centers and clinics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, with the goal of designing and installing systems to optimize the healthcare experiences of veterans and staff. This partnership with the nation's largest integrated healthcare system provides an opportunity for our research and applications to improve the lives of millions of veterans and their families.
Methods
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Statistical methods for quality, patient safety, and risk-benefit analysis;
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Data envelopment analysis models to identify best healthcare practices;
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Network-wide models for optimizing care processes for traumatic brain injury (TBI);
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Effectiveness and improvement readiness assessment methods; and
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Informatics, natural language processing, and data mining/extraction.
Partners & Research Team
PI: Dr. Benneyan
Graduate Students: Kevin Strong, Erin Joyce
Health System: Kevin and Erin Hospital
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