Web based dashboard to manage logistics and operational control within Healthcare | MSc research

Thursday, 08 October 2009 12:38 Written by Grant Melrose

My next research project proposal is to provide a solution to the problem of managing a busy department within Healthcare.

How can materials, Consultants, Doctors, Nurses, skills, equipment and patients be co-ordinated to be all in the right place at the right time?

For example, an ante-natal unit with ultrasound scanning equipment, blood tests, Consultants, Mid-wives, pregnant mothers, fathers to be ... all to be coordinated for 9 months during each pregnancy. Of course, each pregnancy will be at a different stage of development, and each patient may require different treatment depending on their previous history / risk.

What lessons can be learned from manufacturing / Engineering, and be transferred and applied to Healthcare?

This supervisor envisages the development of a web based management user interface and dashboard, using drag and drop features, to visualise and manage the real time logistics and day to day operations (not the surgical procedures!) of the department.

There are many other healthcare departments you could choose from, and each may require a specific dashboard.

This project will require a Warwick WMG MSc Student with an analytical mind and good creative problem solving skills.