IE 5400 — Healthcare Systems Modeling and Analysis
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: FBostonTraditional
Discusses the key functions of healthcare operations management, such as patient and process flow, process improvement, facility layout, staffing and scheduling, capacity planning, and resource allocation. Focuses on analysis, design, management, and control of health systems and processes that are necessary to provide clinical care. The applications of systems engineering methods, such as optimization, simulation, and queuing models, are discussed through papers and case studies in different care settings (e.g., hospitals, emergency departments, surgery departments, and outpatient clinics) for different diseases (e.g. diabetes, cancer, mental health, cardiovascular disease). Uses spreadsheet tools to model and solve simulation and optimization problems. Requires equivalent course work if prerequisites are not met.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 38 | 40 | 95% | 2.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 24 | 48 | 50% | 24.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 16% | 27.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 7% · W 0% · Th 36% · F 57%
Common patterns: F (57% of sections), R (36% of sections), T (7% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Tugce Martagan (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Chun-An Chou (61% of students) · reviews
- Rana Azghandi (39% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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