Don't miss discounted registration for HSPIC 2016
Register online today for the Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference 2016, Feb. 17-19 at the Hilton-Americas in Houston. Early bird registration goes until December 14. Save $100 by registering early.
This annual event is your source for the latest in operational and quality improvement tools, methods and concepts such as lean, Six Sigma, productivity, benchmarking, simulation and project management.
The conference program will include pre-conference workshops; educational sessions; ample networking events and opportunities; and exhibitors with products and services to help you meet your quality, process and project goals.
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In case you missed the webinar
For the second year, the Society for Health Systems board of directors conducted the annual SHS Business Meeting via webinar instead of at the Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference. In this session, members received an update on the status of the society, as well as recent accomplishments and future direction as determined by the board.
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IIE Society for Health Systems to Appear at HIMSS16
Las Vegas welcomes the 2016 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, February 29 - March 4, 2016, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. More than 40,000 healthcare industry professionals are expected to attend to discuss health IT issues and view innovative solutions designed to transform healthcare.
IIE's Society for Health Systems is proud to support this annual event that helps health IT professionals find the right solutions for their organizations.
Conference education sessions include preconference symposia on connected health, cybersecurity, interoperability, nursing informatics, patient engagement, physicians' IT and more. More than 300 peer-reviewed sessions, including workshops and roundtables, round out education offerings at HIMSS16.
The HIMSS16 Exhibit Hall will feature a new 3-D Printing Row, Connected Health Experience, Cybersecurity Command Center, Federal Health IT Solutions Pavilion, First-Time Exhibitors Area, HIMSS Interoperability Showcase™, HX360™ Innovation Pavilion, Intelligent Health™ Pavilion, University Row, and four Knowledge Centers focused on clinical and business intelligence, disaster preparedness, population health and revenue cycle management.
As a HIMSS16 Endorser, SHS members are eligible to receive the member discount to attend the conference.To receive the discount, go to online registration at
www.himssconference.org/registration
, and select Society for Health Systems from the "Conference Endorsing Organizations" drop-down in the registration process. Enter your SHS/IIE Member ID.
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Embrace Scientific Thinking - Process Problems: Hidden Treasures, Part II
In this
recent blog post in
The Shingo Exchange, the authors expound on the challenge many organization face in changing the way they solve problems. The authors write that most of the leaders they behave instinctively rather than following a rigorous problem-solving approach. By doing that they fail to define the real problem, rely on instinct rather than facts, and jump to conclusions resulting in less than ideal solutions.
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Action Learning: Key to Developing an Effective Continuous Improvement Culture
This
Industry Week article describes an eight step learning process based on Toyota's management system for effective continuous improvement. A core element of the model is that learning should be an emotional experience base on real-world problems compared with class-room lessons. He compares this model with the well know PDCA improvement cycle. He also describes pitfalls and precautions and the absence of short-cuts to do this well.
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Management Engineering/Process Improvement - A Health IT Professional's Best Friend
What do you do if your implementation project is going downhill fast and about to fail? You've got great people working on it, great technology, but still you're behind schedule and over budget. Your usual change management approaches aren't working. You're thinking, "Why can't everyone just look at the project plan, deadlines and deliverables and get with the program?" When you find yourself in this situation, a
management engineer or process improvement (ME/PI) Professional
might be a good person to get to know. (Ideally, this would happen before your project is heading for a crash!)
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Improving Hospital Operational Efficiency Through Data-Driven Management
Presented by Society for Health Systems
Dec. 8 | 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenter: William Griffith, vice president of business process, Jackson Health System
This webinar will focus on utilizing an operations management system to monitor daily hospital functions in real time and captures performance data on pull time - the length of time it takes for patients to occupy assigned beds - number of transfers, and total length of stay (LOS), as well as turnaround time for all ancillary support services such as transport, environmental services work, lab work and radiology.
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SHS Website: Tools & Resources
Did you know our very own
SHS website
has a Tools & Resources section? Check out this area of the website to find material related to your interests or current improvement projects by choosing among numerous healthcare-related topics. The topics are organized by organizational function (facility design, patient safety, pay for performance, etc.) and Tools, Methods, and Processes (Change, Dashboards/Scorecards, Team Dynamics, etc.). Each area has a wealth of links for you to see what others are doing in the area you are researching.
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| Six Sigma Green Belt For Healthcare ONLINE ON-DEMAND
This introductory course in Six Sigma gives you a thorough understanding of Six Sigma as applied to healthcare.
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