Research
#5 Research meet-up: How analytics can improve large health systems
This research meetup looked at how data and analytics can be implemented in healthcare operations, system design and large-scale service delivery. The session draws on projects developed jointly by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the MIT Sloan School of Management.
In this research meet-up, led by Retsef Levi (MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA), we looked at how data and analytics can be implemented in healthcare operations, system design and large-scale service delivery. The session drew on projects developed jointly by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Where can analytics change how health systems operate?
Large health systems involve connected decisions about how services, staff and resources are organised and delivered. Analytics can support these decisions by identifying alternative operating models and testing how changes in one part of the system affect the rest.
Throughout the webinar, several projects developed through collaboration between Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT Sloan School of Management, involving colleagues at MGH alongside MIT postdoctoral researchers and students, were presented.
What does it take to move analytics into practice?
The focus is not only on developing analytical models, but on implementing them in real health systems.
The session discussed general principles and the factors that can determine whether an analytics project moves from a technical result to sustained use in practice, particularly for projects involving operations, system design and optimisation of large delivery systems.
More updates
News
The Hidden Millions in Humanitarian Logistics
Humanitarian organisations face a difficult equation: growing needs, shrinking budgets and millions of people who may not receive the assistance they require. Yet one of the largest opportunities to close this gap may be hiding in plain sight: the way humanitarian aid is procured, stored, transported and delivered.
Read more
Research Updates
New optimisation method makes huge-scale water-well planning solvable
A research project that began through the Analytics for a Better World Fellowship, responding to a Red Cross challenge in West Darfur, has been accepted for publication in OMEGA. The study develops a scalable way to identify where water wells could be placed so that as many people as possible live within 500 metres of one.
Read more
Research Updates
Ocean-plastic optimisation research wins INFORMS sustainability award
Research by Analytics for a Better World, the University of Amsterdam, London Business School and The Ocean Cleanup has received the INFORMS ENRE Best Publication Award in Environment and Sustainability.
Read more