Emory MRI Process Improvement
Student Team
Dr. Natashia Boland (Advisor), Martin Restrepo, Paola Lopez Mantilla, Ayda Sawaf, Emilio Jose Munoz Leone, Armida Mariana Arcaraz Vazquez, Felipe Martinez, and Alberto Nogueira Vazquez
Faculty Advisor
Natasha Boland
Emory’s Department of Radiology performs over 68,000 MRI procedures annually, making it one of the busiest MRI practices in the U.S. In order to improve Emory’s MRI patient flow and patient experience, alternative scheduling strategies were designed and evaluated using a computer simulation model. The recommended strategy is expected to decrease waiting times by 2 minutes per patient and increase throughput by 1.55 patients per day, on average, thus generating an extra $470K in annual profits and increasing patient satisfaction.
First Place Winner
Fall 2015