CONFERENCE OVERVIEW


Process improvement is the only way for health systems to advance. The problems of the struggling healthcare industry can only be remedied with a focus on engineering systems for better quality, productivity and efficiency. If you are responsible for tackling these problems and advancing healthcare systems, the Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference is the right place for you.


The conference will feature 10 tracks of best practices in quality, productivity and efficiency for healthcare industry decision makers and providers seeking ways to lower costs and increase service. For 23 years, as the Society for Health Systems Conference, this event has grown in size and importance. It has drawn healthcare professionals, management and performance engineers, health systems professors and students and many more who are tasked with improving healthcare processes and facilities.


Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from and network with the best minds in process and performance improvement for healthcare.


CONFERENCE COMMITTEE


CHAIRS Mary Ellen Skeens, Philips Healthcare Curt Niekamp, OhioHealth Amanda Mewborn, Johns Hopkins


COMMITTEE Dean Athanassiades, Philips Healthcare Ashley Benedict, New England Veterans Engineering Resource Center David Cowan, Georgia Institute of Technology Taryn Lee, DaVita Rodney Fultz, Carilion Clinic Mark Graban, LeanBlog.org Lauren Hess, Georgia Institute of Technology Aaron Kanne, CareLogistics


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Lucy King, Kettering University Karl Kraebber, St. John’s Hospital Maj-Britt Llewellyn, MedAmerica/CEP America Stephanie Means, Western Michigan University Michelle Neitzke, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Paul O’Quinn, Carilion Clinic Bill Schwent, BJC HealthCare Sue Ann Te, CareLogistics


“The venue was very nice. The conference was very well run, and all the sessions I attended were informative.”


-Marcia Bernhardt, Senior Quality Engineer, Verizon


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