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, David Larson, health care systems engineering, Kalyan Pasupathy, Mustafa Sir, 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, David Nestler, emergency department, Eric Boie, health care systems engineering, Kalyan Pasupathy, Michael Laughlin Jr., Mustafa Sir, physician burnout, Thomas Hellmich
November 24, 2015
Mayo Clinic Wins Innovative Applications in Analytics Award
Edging out MIT and American Airlines for 2015 win Researchers from the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery Health Care Systems Engineering Program and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery were presented the INFORMS Innovative Applications in Analytics Award Nov. 2, 2015, during the INFORMS Annual […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, health care systems engineering, Jeanne Huddleston, Kalyan Pasupathy, Narges Hosseini, orthopedic surgery, Paul Huddleston, Thomas Rohleder, Yariv Marmor
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, Kalyan Pasupathy, mental health, Ronna Campbell, Thomas Hellmich