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Issac Mitchell, Lean Design in Healthcare Podcast
Join Mark Graban for Episode #271 with Isaac Mitchell, talking about lean design for healthcare, the Society for Health Systems, and more.
Isaac is a full-time lean practitioner at East Tennessee Children's Hospital, a lecturer at the University of Tennessee's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and an instructor for the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers.
You can read his bio (PDF) and learn more about Isaac via his personal website here on Podcast # 271. Scroll down to the show notes for links to a special Lean Hospitals book excerpt and more free downloads about lean design and Isaac's work at ETCH.
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HSPI Conference Keynote Speakers
Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Orlando, Florida - March 1-3
If you join us for the 2017 Healthcare Systems Process Improvement (HSPI) Conference, you will be privileged to hear from our wonderful keynote speakers. On Thursday, we will hear from Julie Moretz, family leader and associate vice chancellor for Patient- and Family- Centered Care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Inspired by her young son's battle with heart disease, Moretz has spent the better part of her career as a family leader passionate about improving healthcare.Then, on Friday, we will hear from Donald Wheeler of Statistical Process Controls Inc. Wheeler is a consulting statistician who knew and worked with W. Edwards Deming for more than 20 years. Click
here to learn more about our great speakers.
Click
here for conference schedule.
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Young/Early Career Professionals Social & Networking Event
The SHS YP/EC Committee invites all Young/Early Career Professionals to join us for an exciting evening of networking and camaraderie! Our night begins with an informative session highlighting the accomplishments of the YP/EC Committee and steps you can take to get involved! We will also have a chance to hear from our event sponsors, who will share their thoughts about how their company could help you as a young professional in the field of healthcare improvement. After this program, there will be open networking and dinner for all in attendance.
The YP/EC Social & Networking Event will be held during the HSPI Conference on Thursday, March 2 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Islands Dining Room at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando, Florida.
You can attend this event for the discounted rate of $8/person. A three-course meal will be served, which includes a salad, one of three entree choices and your choice of dessert. There will be a cash bar for purchase of drinks (both alcoholic and nonalcoholic).
Space for this event is limited! If you're interested in participating, please be on the lookout for an email to sign up in early February!
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HSPI Pre-Conference Workshops
The pre-conference workshops at the 2017 HSPI Conference offers an opportunity for attendees to participate in hands-on, in-depth learning. These workshops compliment the learning opportunities offered at the conference and enable participants to build skills required for career advancement and professional development.
Developing Your Ability to Lead Teams - From the Inside Out
- Led by: Jean Ann Larson
- Length: 4 hours
You will walk away from this experiential workshop more confident and knowledgeable of how to lead teams. You will understand your behavior and others' behavior and what motivates individuals and teams. The workshop includes two insightful leadership assessments to help you understand how you can leverage your unique leadership style.
Intensive Lean Huddle Board Workshop: Developing Local A3 Thinking Teams to Set Yourselves Up for Success
- Led by: Brock Husby and Jerry Berlanga
- Length: 4 hours
This workshop includes interactive simulations and practical tools and templates for teams to transform their organizations and engage change agents at the individual and small team level.
Toyota Kata: Improving & Coaching Your Way to Success in Healthcare
- Led by: Brandon Brown and Skip Steward
- Length: 8 hours
Participants will learn about a brilliantly innovative management system that provides a methodology to achieve challenging objectives and a way to develop managers and leaders as coaches for creating a culture of continuous improvement, adaptation and innovation.
For dates and time,
click here.
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A Student's Experience at the Conference
Over the course of one's academic adventure, a student often has the opportunity to attend an academic conference; however, many students struggle with the question of whether or not they should attend. Many have a preconceived notion that one must be presenting a poster or paper in order to attend a conference. Others wonder if their resumés are competitive with other attendees who may also be looking for jobs or internships from the companies exhibiting at the conference. Some other students believe that conferences are only for graduate students or those heavily invested in research. I personally have been to many different conferences over the course of my academic roller coaster. As a senior in undergrad, I attended the conference for the Biomedical Engineering Society in Hartford, Connecticut. I did not have anything to present, so I was simply embracing the conference experience as a way to learn about different opportunities for after I graduated. Currently, as a Ph.D. student in industrial and systems engineering at North Carolina State University, I have been blessed with the opportunity to attend numerous conferences, some in which I presented research and others where I did not.
Click here
to read more.
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SHS | Upcoming Webinar
Strategy, Curriculum and Structure for Continuous Improvement
Presented by Society of Health Systems
Feb. 14 | 2 p.m.
Eastern time
Presenter:
Dr. Steven Choi, assistant vice president and director, Montefiore Institute of Performance Improvement/Montefiore Network Performance Improvement (MNPI)
This webinar will describe a powerful and successful strategy aimed at developing a comprehensive curriculum designed to train physicians, nurses, hospital staff and administrative leaders, and a "re-organizational" structure to create a culture of continuous improvement in alignment with the overall strategic goals of the institution.
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IISE Training Center
Advance your career with these upcoming healthcare training courses.
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SHS Newsletter Team
Lauren Todd, Editor
Bart Sellers
Eddie Perez-Ruberte
Kendall Sanderson
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Panjal Shah
Ajay Jayakumar
Colleen Park
Lavana Ragavan
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