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:
Dominic J. Breuer
BS, Industrial & Systems Engineering with Minor in Business, Virginia Tech (2012); MS, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech (2013)
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Research Interests: Robust Systems, Robust Optimization, Applied Statistics, Macroergonomics, Lean
Dominic is currently working on patient safety to reduce hospital acquired infections as well as an inventory/supply chain improvement project. For his research, Dominic is investigating methods to achieve robustness in healthcare systems. Previously, he has gained research experience in the effective implementation of system-wide lean strategies in hospitals and the application of Macroergonomics to analyze complex adaptive systems in healthcare. Practical training through internships in multiple industries including pharmaceuticals (Bayer) has also helped him to obtain field experience. His hobbies include jazz piano, film, photography, and biking.
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Email: dbreuer@coe.neu.edu
Joined HSyE: ccc
Hometown: ccc
Education: degree, university (year);
Research Interests: ccc (1-3)
Hobbies: ccc (1-3)
Selected Publications
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