Ohno! So Many Opportunities for Improvement!
Many of us were taught in school about Taiichi Ohno, who is commonly referred to as the father of the Toyota Production System. One of Taiichi Ohno's foundational tools, the chalk circle or Ohno circle, can help point us in the right direction. Ohno would draw a circle on the manufacturing floor, ask a manager to stand in the circle, and then simply tell them to "watch." Hours later, Ohno would return to the circle and ask, "What did you see?" If
a manager answered, "No issues", Ohno would tell them to look closer until they find a gap between the actual and target condition. This chalk circle practice gives insight on where improvements are needed. There is a great need
in healthcare for our expertise. All you need to do is look. Draw a circle, open your eyes, observe, and improve.
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HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE 2017
March 1-3, 2017
Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando, Fla.
HSPI 2017 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.
Sponsored by the Society for Health Systems (SHS), HSPI 2017 provides 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.
Call for Abstracts
Share your success story, share your knowledge, and energize the attendees with the latest in proven tools, analyses, and methodologies to improve healthcare operations.
Submit your abstract now for the Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference 2017 - Sponsored by the Society for Health Systems!
All project based presentations (recommended but not required for educational sessions) are required to follow a structured abstract format. If submitting for a panel discussion session, please describe the topic in detail and designate the key members that have been invited to participate. Abstracts should contain no more than 300 words. For more information about submitting a structured abstract,
click here.
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Podcast #252 - Jordan Peck, from MIT to the VA to Maine Health
Mark Graban's guest for his
Lean Blog podcast episode #252 is Jordan Peck, a Senior Director in the Center for Performance Improvement at MaineHealth and Maine Medical Center. Graban says, "Jordan and I first met when he was a graduate student at MIT and was involved with the Lean Advancement Initiative (and I was working basically across the street at the Lean Enterprise Institute). At MIT, he
 earned a PhD in Engineering Systems and Health Care Systems. Jordan and I have continued to cross paths every year at the Society for Health Systems annual conference. His career has taken him to the Veterans Health Administration and now into the private sector at Maine Health, as we discuss in the podcast."
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In search of consensus on reducing clinical variation
Brent James MD, has
summarized it well, describing the process of "shared baselines" that is used at Intermountain Healthcare for many high impact diseases and conditions include newborn deliveries, pneumonia, acute respiratory syndrome, and prophylactic use of antibiotics in the OR.
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Why Health Care Tech Is Still So Bad
In anticipation for his recently released new book,
The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age, Dr. Bob Watcher
wrote this op-ed on health IT today. The topic of unanticipated consequences of health IT appears more and more in the news of healthcare professionals.
 We've pinned the problems on clunky software, flawed implementations, absurd regulations, and bad karma. It was all of those things, but it was also something far more complicated, and far more interesting.
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New checklist to make health estimates more transparent, accurate and reliable
The World Health Organization has published
new guidelines for accurate & transparent health estimates reporting.
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SHS Salary and Community Survey Results
In early 2015, SHS and the HIMSS ME-PI Community collaborated to better understand the compensation of healthcare process improvement professionals, as well as the hot topics and issues that currently are faced by these professionals.
Log into the IISE website and view the webinar, which discusses how salary and bonuses differ by organization type, years of experience, and other factors.
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Upcoming Webinars
Patient Care Ergonomics: Why OSHA Includes It as a Top Priority
Presented by AEC GOErgo Conference Committee
OPEN TO All
July 7 | 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenter: Mary W. Matz, MSPH, Veterans Health Administration.
This presentation will delve into why OSHA continues to target manual patient handling as a serious ergonomic risk. Currently, there is a National Emphasis Program (NEP) that includes Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM). This webinar will discuss the biomechanics of why caregivers are at risk of injury due to manual patient handling and what control measures are available to decrease that risk.
Our Expanding Circles of Systems Engineering Influence
Presented by IISE's Industry Advisory Board
OPEN TO ALL
July 21 | 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenter: Kevin McManus, chief excellence officer, Great Systems.
As technology continues to help make our work, and life, systems more tangible by the day, the potential roles for, and influence of, industrial and systems engineers expands as well. In just over one hundred years, we have gone from optimizing the individual elements for specific work tasks to designing algorithms and apps that may help improve the sustainability of our planet.
The Aging Workforce and Impacts on Ergonomic Design
Presented by AEC GOErgo Conference Committee
OPEN TO ALL
Aug. 4 | 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenter: Blake McGowan, CPE, managing consultant & ergonomics engineer, Humantech.
For the younger worker, the physical capabilities for job duties are well-defined and have resulted in the publication of several design standards. Unfortunately, the physical capabilities of the older worker have not been studied as extensively, and therefore design standards for older workers are harder to find. The purpose of this presentation is to summarize the most relevant physiology research and the cutting-edge ergonomic design guidelines for the aging workforce.
Soft Skills for Leaders of Change in Healthcare
Presented by Society for Health Systems
OPEN TO ALL
Aug. 9 | 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenters: Jean Ann Larson, Ph.D., University of Alabama in Birmingham and Chris Farnham, Spectrum Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
Leading change in healthcare requires more than just technical skills and tools to ensure improvement. During this webinar, the presenters will provide strategies and hands on approaches to help leaders manage themselves and a team through change. Managing one's self and the ability to influence those around you is the challenge.
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ese free* one-hour presentations are a benefit of your IISE me
mbership. 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.
*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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