Project
Engineering the Healthcare Supply Chain
12 interviews with healthcare professionals on where engineering fails (and what clinicians actually need).
Summary
Primary qualitative research with 12 healthcare professionals (8 physicians) on clinical risk, supply fragility, and the clinical–engineering gap.
Use case
Used to translate clinician demand signals into engineering targets: reliability, usability, data fluency, and cross-domain communication.
Who it's for
- biomedical engineers
- health systems teams
- students
Stack
- Qualitative research
- Stakeholder interviews
- Systems engineering
- Clinical workflow
Case study
Why it mattered
Most engineers never spend structured time inside a clinical environment. This case study changed that.
Through 12 interviews with healthcare professionals — 8 of them practicing physicians — I examined how engineers shape daily patient care, where supply chain breakdowns create real clinical risk, and what biomedical engineers need to understand before they ever touch a device or system.
Findings
The findings revealed consistent demand signals: reliable supply infrastructure, usable device design, data fluency, and the rare ability to communicate across the clinical-engineering divide.