Industrial Engineer to Director of Operations: How Engineering and Healthcare Work Together
 SHS member, Jordan Aronhalt, presented a webinar about his career experiences as an IE in healthcare and his pathway to becoming a director of operations for an amulatory healthcare facility at the recent HIMSS conference. He discusses the career path of undergrad IE to healthcare to director. You can learn the types of tasks and projects involved in day-to-day operations for a healthcare IE and Director of Operations and gather tips for career advancement from college to young professional.
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Members on The Move
Please join us in recognizing the new opportunities and recognition for our members!
If you would like to recognize an SHS member on the move, please send an email to
[email protected].
 Jean Anne Larson has taken a new position with the University of Alabama - Birmingham Health System. She will become their first Leadership Development Officer working with the CEO of the system and the dean of the Medical School. Larson's charge is to make sure that current and future leaders have the tools, resources, competencies and training to ensure that the organization is well- positioned to meet its strategic goals and objectives ensuring the sustained, long-term success of UAB-Medicine.
 Karl Kraebber has taken a new position at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as director of xenotransplantation operations. He will be continuing his work transitioning the xenotransplantation research of Dr. Joe Tector into clinical trials and expanding into full-scale production.
Corbin Pozar took a new position with University of Wisconsin Health. He will be working as a quality improvement specialist.
Seven SHS members will be recognized at the IIE Annual Conference Honors & Awards Banquet on Monday, May 23 in Anaheim, California. The members and their awards are:
- David Ben-Arieh, IISE Fellow
- Ken Currie, IISE Fellow
- Kevin McManus, IISE Fellow
- Jayant Rajgopal, IISE Fellow
- Jean Ann Larson, IISE Fellow
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Members with Successful Careers
Interested in learning more about career paths in healthcare industrial engineering?
Read about SHS members who have had successful careers using their industrial skills in healthcare. These are the newest bios available.
- Laura Silvoy, healthcare systems engineer at Array Advisors
- Jordan Aronhalt, director of operations for the Center for Advanced Medicine at the Northwell Health System
- Elizabeth Gentry, program manager of data science at CHRISTUS Health
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SHS Early Career/Young Professionals
Member Highlight
This month's SHS Young Professionals Highlight is
Amy Slovacek:
Amy Slovacek is the director of planning and operational excellence at Lutheran Senior Services in St. Louis, Missouri. Slovacek has a B.S. in industrial and systems engineering from Auburn University and is an ASQ-certified Six Sigma black belt. Slovacek worked in manufacturing before entering the healthcare industry and is a wonderful addition to our Early Career/Young Professionals Committee because she is looking to expand her healthcare systems knowledge, network with other early career professionals within SHS and strengthen her project and team management skills. In her spare time, Slovacek enjoys going on adventures such as scuba diving and skydiving, singing karaoke and spending time with her pet cats.
For detailed information about the Young/Early Career Professional Committee, go to
http://www.iienet2.org/SHS/details.aspx?id=18284
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If you have any questions feel free to contact us at
[email protected]
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SHS News Watch
Is Your Staffing Ratio Right for Your Case Management Model?
A recent article recommends case management staffing models should be based on models rather than patient ratios. Priority should be given to evaluating tasks and activities that case managers are performing and focusing on high-value activities and shifting non licensure required activities to other staff.
If You're Not Collecting Productivity Data, You'll Never Succeed at Work
The best chance knowledge workers have to cost-effectively compete with smart(er) machines is by embracing technologies to become smarter and more influential themselves. The typical American office worker reportedly processes well over 5,000 megabytes a day. That number is rising. Failure to convert rising data tides into greater personal productivity is an invitation to unemployment.
Read the article here.
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Upcoming Webinars
What's in it for me at IIE Annual?
Presented by IIE Annual Conference Program Committee
(OPEN TO ALL)
April 14 | 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenters: Hui Yang, Pennsylvania State University, James Kong, Virginia Polytechnic, MD Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi, Phil Kaminsky, University of California Berkeley, Sean Genovese, Boeing,and Katie Coperich,FedEx
Several speakers involved with IIE Annual Conference will provide a highlight of various programs that offer value proposition to attendees.
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Improving patient throughput and experience in primary care
Don't miss out on the next SHS exclusive webinar "Improving Patient Throughput and Experience in Primary Care" on April 26 at 2 p.m. EDT.
This webinar will discuss how Panther Creek, a primary care facility, was able to increase patient throughput, patient satisfaction scores, access to care and net patient revenue by decreasing waste. Both clinical and clerical teams were utilized in process improvement techniques, specifically lean and Six Sigma tools such as value stream mapping, 5S, spaghetti diagrams, control charts and capability analysis.
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Check out the full list of IISE Webinars
These free* one-hour presentations are a benefit of your IISE membership. They are presented by knowledgeable professionals and experienced volunteers who provide deeper insight into topics and issues involving industrial engineers and industrial engineering-related disciplines.
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Webinars presented by the Society for Health Systems and the Society for Engineering and Management Systems require membership in those societies to attend.
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JACR Hackathon 2016 in DC May 14-15
Hosted by the
Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), this two-day event gathers tech-minded individuals and teams with mentors from the patient, physician, and publishing communities to improve the exchange of information among patient, healthcare provider, and peer-review communities.
Prizes for the best judged ideas will total $8,000. We are looking for team participants as well as mentors to provide insight on this challenge facing all of health care. Contact
Lauren Todd or find out more about the event here:
http://www.jacr-hackathon.com.
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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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Save the date!
Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference 2017
Join us March 1-3, 2017, at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando Fla., for the best insights into efficient healthcare delivery with high quality outcomes.
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