March 2017 Newsletter
Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference 2017


The Society of Health Systems would like to thank all of our attendees, exhibitors and sponsors for another great Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference! We hope you enjoyed the conference and are returning to work refreshed and energized with new ideas you can immediately put into practice. We hope to see you again February 21-23, 2018, at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta.

 

If you were not able to attend this year (or even if you did and want to see the sessions you missed), please take some time to review the content our wonderful presenters have shared at the conference here.


 

Click here for the competition winners.

Don Berwick: 8 Ways to Shift the Power Back to Patients

According to Don Berwick, the next frontier for healthcare includes giving more control to consumers. In his keynote address at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Forum, Dr. Berwick offered five concrete examples where this has already happened and is benefiting patients as well as providers. He then goes on to describe eight steps that any hospital can take to begin to shift the balance of power toward the patient. Click here to read the article.


Nate Hurle, from the Cleveland Clinic, writes about their visit to Intermountain Health to learn about their "Lean Management System," what they mean by a "management method," and the difference between "management by objectives" and a lean style of leadership.  Read the article here.

#SHS2017 Twitter Recap

Revisit some of the tweets from the conference last week! 

Thank you to our wonderful #SHS2017 Social Media Ambassadors for sharing their experiences and learning this year!

1.  Charles Webster@wareFLO

2.  Mark Graban@MarkGraban

3.  Tarun Lal@TarunMl

4.  Lauren Cooper@lhess916

5.  Bianca Garcia@BGarcia003

6.  Mary Ellen Skeens@maryellenskeens

7.  Amanda Mewborn@amandame1101

8.  Laura Silvoy@LauraSilvoy

9. Jim Rawson @Jim_Rawson_MD

10.Isaac Mitchell @IsaacMitchell


Twitter #SHS2017
Emergency Care: Bike Medics Another Option for First Response

In a time of needed cost containment, providers are exploring a diverse set of options to reduce unneeded ER visits while also improving access for patients in hard-to-reach populations. This has led to solutions such as teams of bike medics. Click here to read the article.

What Did People Want to Talk About? Open Space & #Lean Coffee at #SHS2017

During #SHS2017 last week, Isaac Mitchell and Mark Graban asked a group of Society for Health Systems Conference attendees what they wanted to talk about with peers and colleagues in the room. Here's that list and how the discussion was structured.

ELSS 2017 Abstracts: Two Tracks, Endless Possibilities 

Submit an abstract for the opportunity to share your work with colleagues and advance discussions at the Engineering Lean & Six Sigma (ELSS) Conference in Orlando, Florida, September 25-27, 2017.

Abstract submission deadline is April 1.

For more information,  click here.
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April 4 | Norcross, GA

SHS Newsletter Team
Lauren Todd, Editor
Bart Sellers 
Eddie Perez-Ruberte 
Kendall Sanderson 
Panjal Shah
Ajay Jayakumar
Colleen Park
Lavana Ragavan

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