Center for Health Care Logistics

Developing concepts and tools for

• Extending and applying supply chain and logistics concepts to aid in optimizing health care delivery
• Designing health care supply chains for developing countries
• Designing health care systems of the future
• Utilizing knowledge management in health care supply chains

• CENTER SPOTLIGHT
• Pinar Keskinocak Appointed HSI Associate Director for Research
  Atlanta (November 9, 2009) — Pinar Keskinocak, associate professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the co-founder and co-director of the Center for Humanitarian Logistics at the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL), has been appointed to the position of associate director for research for the Health Systems Institute (HSI).
  
• Caring for Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
  Atlanta (November 2, 2009) — The Children's/ Georgia Tech team used human factors techniques and statistical tools to collect and analyze observational data for process re-design. They also conducted staff surveys to assess improvements in communication and care coordination, and analyzed customer satisfaction data to evaluate impact on patient experience. The study showed that the implementation of the new lean-focused, patient-centric rounding structure lead to increased timeliness and efficiency of rounds, improved staff and customer satisfaction, improved throughput, and reduced attending physician man-hours.
  
• Ekici Wins 2009 SHS Student Paper Competition
  Atlanta (March 19, 2009) — Ph.D. student Ali Ekici won the 2009 Society for Health Systems (SHS) Graduate Student Paper Competition with his paper titled Modeling Influenza Pandemic, Intervention Strategies, and Food Distribution. The paper, which is also co-authored by Professors Julie Swann and Pinar Keskinocak, will be presented by Mr. Ekici at the 2009 Society for Health Systems Conference in Chicago.
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