Projecting IV Fluid Usage
Overview
In a rapid response to the dire shortage of intravenous (IV) fluid bags currently affecting hospitals nationwide, investigators from the University of Michigan (U-M) Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation and U-M Digital Health Innovation developed a projection model to help U-M Health leadership make critical and timely decisions around conservation of crucial medical supplies.
The model uses data on product orders gathered from the University of Michigan Medical Center, U-M Health Sparrow, and U-M Health West to forecast potential supply shortages in both the short and long term. The model also provides insight into how soon a product will run out as well as the resupply amount that will be needed to achieve a specified buffer.
Value Proposition to Michigan Medicine
leadership in Supply Chain Services recognized the potential for data to guide a timely and proactive response to the ongoing shortage and sent out a call to rally specialists across the University. Once the immediate IV fluid shortage is resolved, an additional goal will be to make the model customizable, enabling it to be integrated as a more long-term solution for potential shortages of different products from different manufacturers in the near future.
Principal Investigator(s)
Sardar Ansari, PhD
Clinical Champion
Amy Cohn, PhD, AB,
Digital Health Innovation Support
Digital Health Information united teams across the university to ensure the model was developed and integrated into Michigan Medicine.
Partnerships
Weil Institute
Operational Engineering
Health Information Technology & Services (HITS)