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:
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Approach:
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Results to Date:
Ashley Holmes, MS
Email: holmes.a@husky.neu.edu
Joined HSyE: August 2016
Hometown: Binghamton, NY
Education: PhD, Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University (expected 2020); MS, Systems Science, State University of New York at Binghamton (2016); BS, Mathematics and Adolescent Education, State University of New York College at Geneseo (2014)
Research Interests: Population Health Management, Chronic Disease Management, Data Mining
Hobbies: Boating, tennis, ukulele
Ashley joined HSyE in August 2017 to pursue her Ph.D. Ashley completed her B.A. from SUNY Geneseo in Mathematics and completed her M.S. from Binghamton University in Systems Science (Health Systems concentration). She also worked as a research assistant for at Montefiore's Care Management Organization in Bronx, NY in the Care Management Process Engineering department. Ashley is passionate about using her mathematics and systems science background to make a difference in the United States healthcare system. In her free time, Ashley enjoys playing a variety of musical instruments, including piano, guitar, and ukulele. She grew up boating in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, and her favorite part about Boston is how close it is to the water.
Project Involvement at HSyE
Selected Publications and Conference Abstracts
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Holmes, A. A., Shan, S., Shan, X., Chou, C., Khasawneh, M. T., and Srihari, K. (2016). A data-driven approach to optimizing dis-enrollment for diabetes patients in care management. In H. Yang, Z. Kong, and M. D. Sarder (Eds.), In Proceedings of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference. Anaheim, CA.
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Holmes, Ashley. "A Data-Driven Approach to Optimizing Dis-Enrollment for Diabetes Patients in Care Management." Order No. 10133956 State University of New York at Binghamton, 2016. Ann Arbor: ProQuest. Web. 1 Aug. 2017.
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Holmes, A. A., Shan, X., Khasawneh, M. T., and Srihari, K. (2016). The development of a diabetes-specific healthy eating index (DS-HEI) [abstract]. In Proceedings of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference. Anaheim, CA. Abstract number 1451.