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Society for Health Systems and ASQ Announce Joint Conference |
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Alliance Aims to Build Better Health Care Delivery Systems
The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and its Society for Health Systems (SHS), and ASQ's (American Society for Quality) Healthcare and Quality Management divisions, will launch a joint conference focused on health care quality and process improvement. The new joint conference will be held February 25-28, 2010, in Atlanta, Ga.
The conference will bring together health care quality professionals, performance improvement specialists and other health care professionals involved with or interested in developing the quality and operations improvement skills and knowledge needed to successfully manage complex health care environments.
"This is a tremendous advancement for the industry and a great opportunity for the members of both societies," said Pierce Story, immediate past president of SHS and managing director at Jumbee, Inc. "This powerful alliance will foster and strengthen the natural synergies between performance improvement and quality management, thus enabling a more effective and efficient health care system." more |
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An Introduction to External Funding for Health Care Improvement |
Priya Khatri, Sara Janke, Tom Best Improvement champions throughout health care are currently faced with a difficult dilemma. The need for their work is greater now than ever before, but the weak economy is forcing hospital leaders to cut costs in many ways, and sometimes that means withholding funding from their improvement programs. Improvement efforts meant to reduce costs can be deterred by the realistic costs to implement the improvements such as researching new technology and piloting new processes. Even worse, the costs to contract or employee improvement experts may seem superfluous if leadership prioritizes departments which provide direct patient care. Fortunately, a few external funding opportunities do exist. Health care management engineers should look into corporate and government funding sources. This article presents resources that may prove useful to health care management engineers seeking external funding. Tips on grant writing are presented as well. Full article |
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What the heck is SHS President-Elect? |
Marci Jackson
President-Elect: "All the fun of leadership without the responsibility...but my time is coming".
My position of "elected, but not yet taken the position of President" is one of the many volunteer roles supporting the mission and members of SHS. Being elected into this position is a privilege which allows me to work directly for the SHS professionals changing the future of health care.
Specifically, the SHS bylaws state that the role of President-Elect assists the current President, develops the business plan for the coming year, and ultimately assumes the duties of the current President the next year. This succession structure has served the Society well for over 20 years. We have an active and passionate group of past presidents that are readily engaged with the Society. This commitment will continue. more from Marci |
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Roberts Wesleyan College MS in Health Information Administration Survey |
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William W. Walence, Ph.D.
Chair, Division of Adult Professional Studies
Director, Health Administraton Programs
Steven Russell, MEEM, MSHA
Health Information Technology and Process Improvement Consultant
Please take a few minutes to complete the Roberts Wesleyan College's Healthcare Information Technology Education Survey.
Some of you may have read about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Stimulus Package and the focus on expanding educational opportunities.
The college is conducting market research and planning
to establish or expand medical health informatics education programs, including certification, undergraduate, and master degeree programs, for both health care and information technology students to ensure rapid and effective utilization and development of health information technology.
Completing this survey will take you less than 10 minutes and will provide us critical information for the Masters of Science in Healthcare Information Administration program and related certifications to meet the growing eductional needs of health care professionals. |
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Beginning The Lean Improvement Journey in the Clinical Laboratory |
Jason A. Coons
Program Manager, TechSolve
Abstract: Lean is an extremely powerful tool in identifying and eliminating waste. The roots of Lean methods have been applied to various industries for more than 100 years. In the late 1990s, Lean was introduced into health care. Since then, many hospitals have adopted Lean as the key method of implementing significant process improvements to drive quality, cost safety and delivery of care. This article highlights some key concepts of Lean and the elements of beginning a Lean journey within the clinical laboratrory. It explores Lean tools that can be implemented within the health care setting, highlighting case study examples. Full article | |
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Upcoming Seminars |
Courses held at IIE Headquarters
Norcross, Georgia
and part of the
June 22-23, 2009
Introduction to the Application of Industrial Engineering in Health Care
2 day(s) | 1.40 CEUs
This two-day course is designed for the engineer new to health care or those considering a move into this area. Learn the essentials you need to succeed in applying your skills and knowledge to the hospital environment.
Project Management and Analytics: The Management Engineer's Toolkit
This three-day seminar is for those seeking a more complete understanding of the tools, concepts and strategies necessary to drive change in the workplace.
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SHS Suggested Readings and References |
New! SHS is proud to introduce a list of over 400 suggested readings and references. This list has been developed by Charlie Protzman, Managing Member of the Business Improvement Group, LLC over the course of his career. He shares it voluntarily for the SHS membership, and we thank him for this invaluable contribution. The list can be downloaded via this link. It is sorted alphabetically by title within categories. Naturally, SHS envisions the list growing over time, with input from the entire SHS membership. Please submit your thoughts, reviews, or any additions to Ron McDade. Enjoy! |
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