Mar 28, 2024  
2015-2016 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
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IE 4501 - Healthcare Systems Engineering

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits


Course Description
Healthcare as an industry is becoming an increasingly large part of the national and world economies at the same time that healthcare costs are escalating at an unsustainable rate. The purpose of this class is to increase the student’s understanding of how to apply proven industrial engineering methods to healthcare related problems. Potential topics include: statistical process control for medical applications; process improvement in healthcare delivery; simulation of healthcare services; time-based patient flow enhancement; resource scheduling optimization; hospital and clinic layout and facilities design; healthcare financing and cost management; and quality and other metrics for healthcare. (prereq: junior standing)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Understand how Industrial Engineering principles and methods can be applied to healthcare services
  • Explain and describe major healthcare processes from an engineering based perspective
  • Understand key performance metrics that are utilized to analyze the effectiveness of healthcare quality and delivery
  • Apply engineering concepts and methods, including human factors, quality tools, operations research/simulation modeling, and facilities design, to healthcare related problems
  • Conduct cost based comparisons and investment justifications in a healthcare environment

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
  • Introduction to healthcare processes
  • Applying engineering methods to healthcare services
  • Information technology management in healthcare
  • Use of bar coding, RFID, and other tracking systems in healthcare
  • Human factors and medical errors
  • Quality assurance and statistical process control in healthcare
  • Mistake-proofing in healthcare
  • Modeling of healthcare processes and systems
  • Healthcare layouts and facilities design

 


Coordinator
Charlene Yauch



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