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:
Kendall Sanderson
BS, Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University (2013)
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Research Interests: Simulation, Patient Flow, Optimization, Predictive Modeling, Scheduling, Tools for Real-Time Decision Making
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Kendall received his BS in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University in May 2013 and is now pursuing his MS in Operations Research. He is also enrolled in the Gordon Engineering Leadership certificate program. Kendall is currently working with a large outpatient institute to create and implement a new method for exam room allocation (how to evaluate and operationalize pooling of exam rooms) as a part of the CMS center. He has also worked on creating an excel-based improvement toolkit to evaluate emergency department observation units. During his time as an undergraduate, Kendall completed co-ops (6-8 months, full-time) at VA Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Banner Health. His hobbies include sports, snowboarding, running, and music.
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Email: sanderson.kendall@gmail.com
Joined HSyE: ccc
Hometown: ccc
Education: degree, university (year);
Research Interests: ccc (1-3)
Hobbies: ccc (1-3)
Selected Publications
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