IE3500 (Introduction to Healthcare Systems Engineering) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Introduces systems engineering methods in healthcare system applications for students who are not industrial engineering majors. Uses principles drawn from operations research and industrial engineering to focus on analysis, design, management, and control of health systems (e.g., hospitals, emergency departments, surgery departments, and outpatient clinics) and processes that are critical to the delivery of quality healthcare. Includes an overview of queueing, simulation, data envelopment analysis, and spreadsheet modeling as applied to real-world healthcare problems such as staffing and scheduling, resource allocation, patient flow management, process improvement, and medical decision making.
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