SPECIAL CONFERENCE EVENTS


STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION The Society for Health Systems sponsors a student paper competition to recognize outstanding work that demonstrates the use of industrial engineering skills in improving healthcare-related products, processes or services. Submissions may include research projects, theoretical research, case studies, class projects or any type of methodology in which IE skills were used or could be used to improve a healthcare-related service, product or process. The project should not be limited to patients; the process of patient flow can be affected by several aspects beyond the patient, e.g., lab turnaround times, scheduling and so forth.


Judging criteria will be based on originality and soundness, applicability, methodology, organization and quality of the paper.


JOINT RECEPTION WITH HIMSS ME/PI


GROUP Hobnob with members of the HIMSS Management Engineering/Process Improvement Group at this networking event on Monday, Feb. 20 from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.


And for an additional fee, conference attendees can attend the HIMSS ME/PI Synergy Sessions scheduled for Feb. 21. Go to www.himss.org for details.


SOCIETY FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS


SCHOLARSHIP The Society for Health Systems Scholarship recognizes and rewards an undergraduate industrial engineering student who possesses academic excellence and a demonstrated interest in healthcare. It is open to active SHS student members who are enrolled full-time in an undergraduate industrial engineering, operations research or course of study related to improvement in healthcare operations programs. The conference registration form has a place for a contribution to the scholarship fund. To apply, go to www.iienet. org/awards.


POSTER SESSION *Now with a student poster session added * For the first time at the conference, there will be a professional section and a student section of poster presentations. View the latest in operational and quality improvement tools, methods and concepts covering areas such as lean, Six Sigma, simulation, project management and facilities planning in a visual form. Posters will be on display in the Exhibit Hall.


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2012 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS


All workshops take place Saturday, February 18.


8 a.m. - Noon CLEAN HOSPITAL – HOW TO TEACH LEAN TOOLS


EFFECTIVELY IN HEALTHCARE V2.1 Keith Poole, Joseph Swartz and Nimish Patel, HCA


Building upon successful workshops from SHS 2010 and 2011, the presenters offer a revamped half-day workshop that turns attendees into effective teachers of lean tools, with even more specific skills and techniques for educating healthcare staff at all levels in the organization.


1 p.m. – 5 p.m. LEAN IN DAILYWORK – STANDARDWORK FOR DAILY PROBLEM SOLVING (“TRAIN THE


TRAINER”) Brendon Weil and Kevin DeHority, University of Michigan Health System


Weil and DeHority bring a return of one of our popular breakout sessions from 2011, this time as a workshop, train-the-trainer experience where attendees will learn how to implement the University of Michigan Health System’s Lean in Daily Work problem solving model. Attendees will learn how to facilitate the implementation of a sustainable lean infrastructure and daily problem solving model at their home site.


1 p.m. – 5 p.m. INPATIENT FLOW – LEARN & APPLY LEAN


TECHNIQUES TO SOLVE PROBLEMS Matt Morrissette, More Effective Consulting


There have been no hands-on human exercises or games that simulate the broad spectrum of variables and process constraints for inpatient hospital flow, until now! Morrissette presents a hands-on exercise called “Get Me Outta Here!” Participants will play a role in a hospital to move patients from the ED or their doctor’s office through an inpatient stay and be discharged. The goal is to learn and apply lean techniques to improve an ineffective inpatient process.


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