James
Benneyan
Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Executive Director of Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute
James Benneyan in the Press
Boston Herald
Group: Fentanyl to fuel opioid deaths 5 more years
The deadly synthetic fentanyl and a shortage of treatment facilities will fuel the opioid epidemic over the next five years — and fatalities will climb before finally tapering off, according to mathematical models developed by Northeastern researchers.
U.S. News & World Report
To improve hospitals, doctors look to Toyota
For one, between health and engineering, “we are different cultures, we have different languages, different norms, different languages, different incentives. Probably the greatest challenge in deployment is partnering,” said James Benneyan, director of the Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute at Northeastern University. “What is missing is this sensei,” he added. “What is missing is individuals who […]
The Commonwealth Fund
Quality Matters In Focus: Improving Patient Flow—In and Out of Hospitals and Beyond
Malden received help from the Healthcare Systems Engineering Extension Center, led by James Benneyan, Ph.D., an industrial engineer at Northeastern University who received a Health Care Innovation Award grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to bring technical expertise in systems engineering and operations management to health care. Benneyan hopes “to demonstrate how engineers […]
New England Post
Applying Engineering to Healthcare: A Northeastern University Professor’€™s Innovative Approach to Improving the Healthcare Industry
Some of the toughest problems facing the healthcare industry today cannot be tackled on the front lines of patient care. Nurses and physicians cannot solve such problems at the bedsides of patients. Instead, as a Northeastern University professor contends, systems engineers can solve these complex healthcare problems using computers.
