SHS is a professional association that focuses on the needs and resources of health systems professionals and leaders who are charged with improving health care processes. SHS offers the latest in process analytics, tools, techniques and methodologies for performance improvement.
If you want to beef up your knowledge of some of the more quantitative health systems engineering techniques, look no further than the two articles below. Both provide detailed descriptions of popular operations improvement techniques, complete with cross-industry references and examples.
This series of seminars will provide you with the basics of the industrial engineering toolbox as applied to health care and introduce you to the fundamental management skills required for demanding tasks in this industry.
April 1-4, 2009 - McCormick Place - Chicago, Illinois
If you are responsible for quality, cost and safety within the health care field, the Society for Health Systems Conference and Expo 2009 is your destination. The ideal setting for quality improvement and productivity professionals, offering cutting-edge solutions for efficient health care processes. The SHS Conference and Expo 2009 will be held in conjunction with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference (HIMSS) in Chicago at the McCormick Place, April 1-4, 2009. Mark the dates!
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Did you know a Health Care Management Engineering listserv is available through the SHS Web site? This moderated discussion group is for announcements for health care management engineers and others working in the following areas: Six Sigma, re-engineering, process improvement, lean, productivity, benchmarking, ISO 9000, performance improvement, work redesign, simulation, staffing, SPC and TQM/ CQI. Subscribe here today.
By Pierce Story My father used to say, “A man’s only as good as his word.” He meant that business could and should be done on a handshake, and that a promise should be as good as gold. He and others in the “Greatest Generation” were raised in a time and ethical environment in which lawyers were largely unnecessary, dishonesty was shunned and full and complete honesty was an expected and natural behavior. Not that there weren’t always dishonest people, certainly there were. Nonetheless, those times, it seems, are slipping further and further away. Read more