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Call for Nominations! SHS Board of Directors |
Take advantage of this excellent opportunity to serve your society in a significant way. If not you, then perhaps someone you know is qualified to take a leadership position on the SHS Board. SHS continues to grow and we are looking for motivated, enthusiastic volunteers to continue the progress.
Participating in a leadership role for the society is a challenging, yet at the same time, very rewarding experience. Take a few minutes to consider submitting your name or that of a colleague to the SHS Nominating Committee for review.
Interested candidates should complete the nomination form by Oct. 20 for consideration by the Nominating Committee for the following positions: Two directors whose terms will begin Feb. 26, 2010.
All nominees must be current, regular members of SHS. Students are not eligible.
To submit a nomination, complete the top portion of the nomination form. Contact Pierce Story, nominating committee chair, if you have questions about the positions and responsibilities.
Please consider giving back to your society |
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Upcoming Webinar: October 7th! |
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Join us ! FREE Webinar
Title: Leveraging Leadership and Technology to Transform Culture and Improve Performance
Presenter: Linda Kosnik
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 7 Time: 2-3 p.m. EDT
Leadership of not just the care processes involved, but of the product design, implementation and rollout of Healthcare Technology (HIT) has become increasingly important as clinicians begin to understand the promise of automation as well as the gaps created by certain systems.
It is inevitable that the future will require more and more thoughtful technological approaches to solving healthcare challenges. Leadership needs to develop the skills and intellectual confidence to support IT implementations and drive clinician ownership and accountability to realize the "promise" of integrated EMRs and CPOE. Technology offers the key advantage of being able to enhance human performance such that human plus technology is more powerful than either alone creating more reliable processes and therefore more reliable outcomes.
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The Onus of Kaizen - Realizing the Full Intentions of Healthcare Reform |
By Tom Best and Priya Khatri
This article has both an informative and implorative intent. First we summarize the themes of a speech we attended on September 21 by David Cutler, a Harvard economist and the senior healthcare advisor of President Obama during his campaign. Then we try to stoke the interest and involvement of our profession and our society in current and future healthcare reform. Full article |
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Premier Operating Room Utilization and Perioperative Process Flow |
| By Frank Milewski, Performance Partner, Premier, Inc.
Overview
To accomodate a projected increase in patient volume and to facilitate patient flow throughout the Perioperative process, an assessment was requested of the OR case management and related patient access processes with initial emphasis on utilization and case time effectiveness.
Key clinical personnel were interviewed to get a better understanding of the operating environment and their key strategic concerns. Some on-site observation occurred but the focus was on performing a detailed elemental analysis of cases performed in the OR to ascertain the utilization of the Operating Room and to determine if availability exists to accommodate more cases or whether other alternatives such as expansion need to be explored. Read the full article |
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Call for Nominations! SHS/HIMSS Excellence in Healthcare Management Engineering/Process Improvement Award |
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All nominations must be submitted by Oct. 30
Purpose:
This award is to honor the individual, who in the opinion of the boards of directors of the Society for Health Systems (SHS) and Healthcare Information and Managements Systems Society (HIMSS), has best demonstrated leadership in implementing significant synergies between the process improvements and information technology profession. These contributions may be of a professional or technical nature, and may include research or development of improved processes (with or without technology), or exemplary contribution to the professional society. The award will be co-presented by SHS and HIMSS during the annual SHS Conference and the HIMSS Award Banquet annually. There may be an exception occasionally where this award may be given to two individuals.
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SHS and ASQ Health Care Division Host Conference |
Make Plans to Attend
Joint Conference: Society for Health Systems/ASQ Health Care Division
Feb. 25-28, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia
The conference will focus on health care quality and process improvement. Expect high quality education sessions, workshops and an opportunity to network with well-respected process and quality improvement experts from throughout the United States.
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Upcoming Seminars |
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Course held at IIE Headquarters in Norcross, Ga.
Oct. 28-30
Nov. 2-3
These courses are offered as a corporate training program and can be customized to meet your company's needs.
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Corporate Alliances |
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Smart companies form smart alliances!
Learn how an alliance with IIE can help your company become more effective and successful in driving bottom line results.
IIE leads the way in performance improvement knowledge and expertise.
Act now.
Contact Doug Long, IIE Director of Strategic Alliances
770-349-1109 |
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ASQ Quality Tools |
| To refresh your technical knowledge, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) has a website dedicated to the description of a few standard tools used in multiple industries to improve quality, such as control Charts, Histograms, Design of Experiment techniques, and Stratification. They can be found here, and were excerpted from Nancy R. Tague's The Quality Toolbox, Second Edition, ASQ Quality Press, 2004. |
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Thanks to the SHS Newsletter Team: |
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Aaron Kanne
For information about contributing content to the newsletter, contact Tom Best. | |
