Closing the Loop by Operationalizing Systems Engineering and Design (CLOSED)
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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.
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Nazanin Esmaili, PhD
BS, Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2008); MBA, Business Administration, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2011); MS, Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (2013); PhD, Industrial Engineering (concentration in Operations Research), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (2016)
Dissertation: Optimizing Multi-Item Inventory Management Decisions in Healthcare Facilities
Research Interests: Operations Research, Mathematical Modeling, Combinatorial Optimization, Sequential Decision Making under Uncertainty, Algorithm Development, Computer Programming, and Applied Statistics
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Nazanin is a post-doctoral research associate at the Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute. Her position includes applied work, research, and mentoring. She is currently the technical lead for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to improve earlier detection and treatment of child autism by using Markov chains and multi-criteria decision making to model autism trajectories and progression. Nazanin is currently mentoring two undergraduate interns, one masters student, and two PhD students, and is also involved in research for the Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT). Her hobbies include climbing, swimming, and reading.
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Email: n.esmaili@northeastern.edu
Joined HSyE: ccc
Hometown: ccc
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