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:
Katherine Book
Katherine supports the local and national intiative to generate interest in the work of the Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute. This incorporates external conference management, visibility iniatives, sponsorship opportunities, and connecting with potential health systems partners. In addition, she supports a CMS grant reporting team and manages our CMS projects within the Tufts CTSI network. She holds a BA degree in History (minor in English) from Boston University and an MA in Public History from Northeastern University, with an interest in working in the non-profit world. In her free time, Katherine enjoys dancing, yoga, reading, collecting vinyl records, cooking, and anything related to the 1960's.