Big data analytics for modeling human performance

Welcome to the Healthcare Ergonomics Analytics Lab (HEAL)!

Big data analytics for modeling human performance

Data-driven modeling of diabetes care teams using social network analysis

Retrospective analysis of claims data from a large employer over 2 years was performed. The study cohort contained 827 patients diagnosed with diabetes. The cohort received care from 2567 and 2541 health care providers in the first and second year, respectively. Social network analysis was used to identify networks of health care providers involved in the care of patients with diabetes.


Detecting Unusual Intravenous Infusion Alerting Patterns with Machine Learning Algorithms

We used one year of detailed propofol infusion data from a hospital. Interpretable and clinically relevant variables were feature engineered, and data points were aggregated per calendar day. A univariate (maximum times-limit) moving range (mr) control chart was used to simulate clinicians' common approach to identifying unusual infusion alerting patterns. Three different unsupervised multivariate ML-based anomaly detection algorithms (Local Outlier Factor, Isolation Forest, and k-Nearest Neighbors) were used for the same purpose. Results from the control chart and ML algorithms were compared.

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Principal Investigator

Denny Yu
Associate Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Quantifying intraoperative workload

Developing patient factors based workload models

Medical device design and usability testing

Integrating wearable sensor devices to develop intelligent health systems


Graduate Students

Nicholas Anton
PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

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anton5@purdue.edu

Haozhi Chen
PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

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chen1809@purdue.edu

Peiran Liu
PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

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liu3820@purdue.edu

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Poushali Ray
PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

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Gaoyuan Tu
MS Thesis Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

tu87@purdue.edu

Ryan Villarreal
PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

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villar10@purdue.edu



Jingkun Wang
PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

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jingkun@purdue.edu

Bowen Zhang
PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

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​zhan4492@purdue.edu

William Zouzas
Graduate Research Assistant - Bridge

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wzouzas@purdue.edu





Recent Alumni

Chiho Lim
PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

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lim302@purdue.edu

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Guoyang Zhou
PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

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guoyang@purdue.edu

We're looking for undergraduate and graduate students interested in advancing research at the interface of human factors and healthcare. Please email me or drop by my office.


Denny Yu, PhD
315 N. Grant Street
Grissom Hall Room 268
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Tel.: 765-49-47346
Fax: 765-49-47693
Email: dennyyu@purdue.edu