Amanda Jane Hobbs
Amanda Jane Hobbs is an industrial engineer by way of education
and a patient and family engagement advocate by way of multiple misdiagnoses.
Currently, she is a graduate student at Purdue University and a Quality Improvement Analyst for primary health clinics. Amanda designs systems that support carers' cognitive tasks and better engage patients and their families to achieve better health outcomes, lower costs, and improved experience of care.
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“America's health care system is neither heatlhy, caring, Nor a system."
- Walter Cronkite
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About
ET CETERA
Amanda was raised in the South to love a life of continuous learning and service to society. Amanda likes to spend time outside on the water or on a hike. She is a fan of reading, Clemson football, Publix subs, live music, Saturday Night Live, and mentorship. Amanda directed the formation of the Purdue University chapter of the IHI Open School where she continues to serve as an advisor. Amanda also serves as a Wish Granter for the local chapter of Make-A-Wish. Ultimately, Amanda's favorite thing to do is spend time with her family and friends.
RESUME
Click here to download Amanda's résumé, updated as of February 2016.
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CONTACT
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eXTERNAL LINKS
2 IE GRAD Students Attend 27th IHI National Forum in Orlando
Purdue University School of Industrial Engineering News; December 11, 2015
IE GRAD Student Wins CALKINS SCholarship
Purdue University School of Industrial Engineering News; November 25, 2015
Learning WHat IS Broken: Winner Of The 2015 David Calkins Memorial Scholarship
IHI Open School Blog; November 20, 2015
CLemson Student Wins LEWIS BLACKMAN PATIENT SAFETY CHAMPIONS AWARD
the NEWSSTAND: Clemson University Media Release; April 14, 2014
Clemson University College oF Engineering and Science Awards
Clemson College of Engineering and Science Awards Ceremony; April 8, 2014
THE 2014 LEWIS BLACKMAN PATIENT SAFETY CHAMPION AWARD recipients
South Carolina Hospital Association News Release; April 7, 2014
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INDUSTRIAL Engineer
Earning the childhood nickname "puzzle meister," Amanda's always had a knack for engineering many parts into a cohesive whole. She graduated Cum Laude from Clemson University in May 2014 with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. In January 2015, Amanda began graduate school at Purdue University to continue to study, research, and practice industrial engineering as applied to the improvement of health and healthcare. She has worked as a Quality Improvement Analyst at primary health clinics since August 2015.
A background in industrial engineering means that Amanda's studied how complex systems work. This requires an understanding of the integration of many fields including management, logic, statistics, and psychology. Over the past 6 years, Amanda's gained educational and professional experience in human factors engineering, systems engineering, and quality improvement methodology. She has led a wide array of systems improvement projects with measurable results incuding increased time efficiency, reduced costs, and better health outcomes. For details, see Amanda's résumé below.
PAtient
Before Amanda was an engineer, she was a patient. Amanda had a congential kidney defect, and it took about six years from the recognition of its symptoms for her to be correctly diagnosed. Through multiple misdiagnoses, Amanda and her family personally experienced the physical, financial, and emotional consequences of failure in the healthcare system.
While some may worry that analytical engineers can't understand the dynamic, delicate nature of healthcare, Amanda's extended time as a patient differentiates her. Because of her experience, Amanda is driven to design systems that better support carers' cognitive tasks and better engage patients and their families in order to ultimately improve health, the costs of health, and the experience of care.