IV fluid bag shortage addressed in less than 24 hours
A team from engineering and medicine built a projection model to help healthcare systems adjust to product shortages.
After Hurricane Helene caused a national shortage of IV fluid bags, engineering researchers and data scientists from the Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research at Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan’s AI & Digital Health Innovation initiative joined forces to create a model that forecasts medical supply shortages.
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The team designed and implemented the projection tool within just 24 hours. The model quickly provided actionable insights to manage supplies efficiently, helping U-M Health make critical decisions in real time.
Amy Cohn, Aurther F. Thurnau Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering and Chief Transformation Officer at Michigan Medicine, is now leading efforts to operationalize and improve the system for future use across the health system.
“This was a wonderful example of a multidisciplinary team of clinical stakeholders, supply chain specialists, administrators, and data scientists coming together to answer an operational challenge,” said Hitinder Gurm, M.D., chief medical officer of U-M Health, Park Willis III Collegiate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Weil Institute member.
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