HSE Lab

The Health Systems Engineering Lab (HSE Lab) was created to bridge the gap between academic engineering research and the national healthcare practice. In recent years, healthcare systems have encountered growing demand, greater service complexity, resource limitations, and access challenges both nationally and internationally. Simultaneously, there has been a data revolution in healthcare, necessitating robust ethical and professional frameworks to safeguard patient privacy. By combining engineering expertise and systems thinking with healthcare professionals’ knowledge, the HSE Lab aims to develop solutions that enhance healthcare efficiency and effectiveness. The lab utilizes operations research tools, including stochastic programming, multi-objective optimization, and game theory, to make decisions in complex systems. Additionally, it employs learning algorithms to forecast, advise, and personalize healthcare and hospital management.

Mission

To foster and strengthen collaboration between the health sector and engineering research; to promote the development of translational research to improve efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare systems; and to offer training opportunities to engineers and healthcare professionals by encouraging the development of innovative solutions with a focus on research.

Vision

To be a leading laboratory at national and international levels in health systems engineering research, promoting the continuous improvement of partner organizations in the public and private health sectors. In addition, to train professionals of excellence, prepared to face and solve the emerging challenges in the health field.