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Fundamental Shifts in the U.S. Healthcare System

Presenter: Mahender Singh, Research Director, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
Moderator: Deborah A. Rey, CMRP, Sr. Contract Manager, Christiana Care Health Services

Overview: The complexity of the U.S. healthcare system advocates that we address the problems in a comprehensive manner by revamping reimbursement policies, practice of medicine, training, infrastructure etc. Deploying piecemeal solutions will go only so far in bringing the much-needed fundamental improvement in the system. But where and how should we start?

MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) is studying the staggering buildup of costs and inefficiencies in healthcare delivery.  In this webinar, we will explore and understand the architecture of the healthcare system from care delivery point of view to reveal its critical challenges and peculiarities. Specifically, we will discuss potential changes that are driving systemic problems in the system. These results will help us understand the leverage points in the system and guide how to make principled changes and sound investments that improve delivery efficiency.


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This program was recorded September 30, 2009

Biography

Dr. Mahender Singh
Dr. Mahender Singh is a Research Director at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. He is leading three multi-year research projects focused on the future of supply chains, supply chain risk and healthcare supply chains. His research and teaching focuses on Operations and Supply Chain Management, specifically strategy development.  Dr. Singh has over fifteen years of experience in the field of Supply Chain Management.

He has worked on multiple global supply chain projects to analyze and redesign supply chain planning systems at Fortune 50 companies. He has taught Operations Management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he received his Ph.D. He also holds a Master of Engineering in Logistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

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