About SHSblog
This is a group blog of the Society for Health Systems, and our posts will support the society’s mission:
… to contribute to the improvement of healthcare processes through systems engineering, analysis, and process improvement methods. Among the society’s goals are to enhance the career development and continuing education of professionals who use industrial and management engineering expertise for productivity and quality improvement in the health care industry. SHS encourages the exchange of ideas and innovative techniques among healthcare professionals through a variety of mediums.
Our posts will cover areas and topics such as:
- Process and quality improvement, patient safety, clinical quality
- Patient and information flow, queuing theory
- Performance and financial management
- Demand/capacity planning and management
- Organization, system, service and process design
- Facility layout and location
- Ergonomics, human factors
- Project management, facilitation
- Team dynamics, communication
… in a wide range of settings, from physician offices through clinics and hospitals and nursing homes to public health and public policy organizations …
… and using methodologies, philosophies and tools such as systems analysis, management engineering, PDCA, Lean, Six Sigma, simulation, process and value stream mapping …
We welcome your feedback and suggestions for improvement! Please comment below, or, if you prefer to contact us privately, you can send us an email at SHSSocMed@gmail.com.
SHS Communications Committee
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