Friday September 29, 2006
2:30-3:30
3121 ME Building

Ronald L. Rardin
Industrial Engineering Department
Purdue University

“Healthcare Engineering: A New Frontier for Industrial Engineering”

Hi all,

I thought this article was kind of interesting.  There are many other comments online about the report released two weeks ago by the IOM, but this seemed to be the most reputable source I could find.

http://www.ahqa.org/pub/media/159_678_5509.cfm 

After reading this article, I became interested in Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) – it seemed like working for a QIO would be just the thing a Health Systems Engineer could do well!  Here’s another link regarding QIOs.

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/QualityImprovementOrgs/01_Overview.asp#TopOfPage 

Any thoughts on this?  Seems like a match for an HSyE / Public Health background to me…

Tom Best

Check out the link library.wisc.edu/workshops

There are many free classes that could prove to be useful!

Examples are Effective PubMed Searching, Evidence-Based Practice: Overview of Resources, Funding for Individual Grant Seekers.

Dr. William Yasnoff will be speaking at the Wisconsin Health Information
Exchange (WHIE) Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday, September 13th.
Dr. Yasnoff is a physician (MD) and a PhD in computer science. His
professional career (now over 3 decades) has been spent working on the
effective utilization of computers in health care. Dr. Yasnoff currently is
an independent consultant and Managing Partner of NHII Advisors, helping
organizations and communities to develop & implement health information
systems. He has previously worked as the Senior Advisor, National Health
Information Infrastructure, at the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (2002-5). While there, he succeeded in focusing the attention of
the nation and the President on the issue of health information technology,
leading to the creation and funding of the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Some of Dr. Yasnoff’s
opinions can be reviewed at the Yasnoff on eHealth website,
http://williamyasnoff.com/ .

You can join this event online starting at 2:30 by following the link
provided below:

http://media1.wi.gov/DHFS/Viewer/?peid=206248a4-5514-47e4-8a90-4a2672ff74c3

I recommend that you test this link prior to joining the meeting.  More
information about web casting and its technical prerequisites are available
on the DHFS web site: http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/webcast. 

We will be hosting our fall kickoff on Tuesday, September 19th from 6pm to 8pm. The kickoff will be held at Professor Patti Brennan’s house on 6413 Inner Drive. Please join us for burgers, brats, and a conversation about health care! Directions are given below. Please RSVP to this invitation by posting a comment to this message. If you need a ride, please include your email address so that we can be in touch!

Directions to 6413 Inner Drive from Engineering Campus:
Go east on Campus Drive
Campus Drive becomes University Avenue
Exit right onto Old Middelton Road
Turn left onto Old Sauk Road
Turn left onto Ozark Trail
Turn right onto Jetty Drive
Turn right onto Inner Drive

Hey all,  check this out:

http://www.iieseminars.org/sixsigma/greenBeltHealth.htm

It’s expensive, but do you think there is value in doing something like this, or should I just wait until my employer will pay for it someday?  I’m toying with the idea of taking the one in January…

New Orleans here we come!

http://www.shsweb.org/conference/