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4.2.2 Application of Systems Engineering to Improve Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Therapy
Author(s) -
Pihera L. Drew,
Ender Tommer,
Taylor Brian,
Bollweg Nick R,
Lopez Andrew,
Paden Matthew L.,
King Scott
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2012.tb01351.x
Subject(s) - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , healthcare system , systems engineering , computer science , engineering management , work (physics) , health care , software engineering , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , anesthesia , economics , economic growth
Though able to boost survival rates from below 25% to nearly 75% in patients that qualify for treatment, the complexity of the currently implemented Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) system of systems keeps it from being used across an even wider range of patients. Representatives from the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta asked a team from the Georgia Tech Professional Masters in Applied Systems Engineering for assistance in reducing the complexity of the current implementation as well as help provide a way forward for future improvement to the therapy. This paper examines the application of systems engineering methodologies as performed by the team, including Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), gap analysis of the system architecture and data visualization prototyping. Additionally the paper describes how the selection of tools and models fostered dialog between two groups of distinctly different backgrounds and provides a proposed roadmap for robust system design, development and future work.