Items Tagged ‘health care systems engineering’
March 14, 2017
Exploration of six alternatives nets policy that cuts surgical delay and overtime
Study finds one strategy decreases overtime by 52 percent with same access for patients A few years back, the Mayo Clinic Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery approached Mayo scientists with a problem: a backlog of patients waiting for surgery. They wanted the scientists, in the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, health care systems engineering
September 27, 2016
Surgeons find short breaks prove valuable in providing best care Perfecting a skill requires equal parts natural talent, dedication and practice. A concert violinist plays a single piece of music over and over. A major league pitcher hurls strikes across home plate until the stadium lights go out. And a surgeon spends day after day […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, health care systems engineering, surgery
February 5, 2016
Reducing patient wait time and improving staff satisfaction in the Emergency Department
Emergency Department Clinical Engineering Learning Laboratory: Engineering better experiences for Emergency Department patients, employees “I saw 21 patients today, and it’s now 5 p.m. There are only seven in the waiting room, despite an afternoon that saw peak registrations of 21 per hour,” said Eric Boie, M.D., Emergency Medicine, one recent Monday evening. “I can’t […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, emergency department, health care systems engineering
November 17, 2015
Mayo Clinic is Re-Engineering Mental Health Care Delivery An estimated 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. lives with a mental health condition, reports the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Over 24 million of them failed to receive treatment in 2013, and of those who sought treatment, they found a health care system […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, emergency department, health care systems engineering
September 29, 2015
What is the Science of Health Care Delivery?
The science of health care delivery focuses on how patients actually receive care. From using engineering principles to determine the most efficient way to schedule patient appointments to research focusing on the most successful, cost-effective means for delivering treatment, this discipline’s aim is to enhance the patient’s experience with health care by improving quality, outcomes […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Delivery Science Summit, health care systems engineering, patient experience, population health
May 5, 2015
What Could Engineering Possibly Have To Offer Health Care?
Jeanne Huddleston, M.D., is the medical director of the Health Care Systems Engineering Program in the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery. ________________________________________________________________________ When you think of an engineer, what do you think of? OK, beyond pocket protectors…what comes to mind? Engineers solve problems right? […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, health care systems engineering