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:
Collaborators & Partners
Health Systems
Massachusetts General Hospital - A long-time leader in successfully bridging innovative science with state-of-the-art clinical medicine, Mass General conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States.
Brigham And Women's Hospital - In a setting of excellent clinical care and substantial research success, Brigham and Women's Hospital ranks second nationally for the most NIH funding for independent hospitals in the United States.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center investigators lead more than 850 active sponsored projects and more than 500 funded and non-funded clinical trials. BIDMC consistently ranks in the top four in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding among independent hospitals nationwide.
Boston Children's Hospital - Home to the world's largest and most active research enterprise at a pediatric center, Boston Children's Hospital attracted $333 million in funding support in fiscal year 2016.
Mayo Clinic - The first and largest integrated not-for-profit medical group practice in the world, the Mayo Clinic is a leader in biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, and the science of health care delivery.
M D Anderson Cancer Center - For six of the past eight years, M. D. Anderson has ranked No. 1 in cancer care in the "America's Best Hospitals" survey published by U.S. News & World Report.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement - The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is an independent not-for-profit organization leading the improvement of health care throughout the world.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - One of the largest cancer clinical trials programs in the country, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute continues to be one of the highest recipients of grant funding from the National Cancer Institute.
Clinical Operational Research Unit (CORU) - CORU is a team of researchers dedicated to applying operational research and mathematical modeling approaches to problems in health care.
