Updates FROM THE SHS President's desk
A Message from the President - Isaac B. Mitchell
Greetings SHS Members,
I hope everyone has had a fun-filled summer and is gearing up for the school year. Speaking of school did you know we have a new SHS Student Board this year? Please join me in welcoming the new student board members.
President: Tasmia Mustaquim
Communications Representative: Andrew Priatko
Awards Representative: Akane Fujimoto Wakabayashi
Conference Representative: Rae Mills
Education Representative: Keiante Wynn-Whitely
If you know of any students who would like to get involved, please have them email: questions.shs@gmail.com
Below are a few upcoming events and important dates:
- Open Webinar on noon ET July 23 on Taking Charge of Your Professional Growth with the Power of Self-Mentoring. Register here.
- Member Webinar on 2 p.m. ET Aug. 13 on Aligning your Process Improvement Team with Quality and Medical Leadership. Register here.
- HSPI 2020 conference abstract submissions are open and due by 9/13/19. Submit your abstract.
- Mark your calendars for Feb. 26-28, 2020, when the Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference heads to the Hyatt Regency Savannah in Savannah, Georgia.
As a reminder, there is a special community discussion called Ask the Board. If you have any questions, comments, or discussion points for the board, please post them in this thread I look forward to hearing from you and working with the board to deliver value to our members while advancing our professional practice.
Thanks,
Isaac B. Mitchell
SHS President 2019-20
IISE Connect
IISE Connect allows IISE and SHS members to easily interact and communicate online, empowering you to have better access to your member benefits.
Newsletters are now available in one spot to allow you easy access and frequent reference. Newsletters will be placed in the SHS connect community,
click here to view the community page.
Follow this How-To Guide and log in to the SHS Member Community page on IISE Connect to view the latest member discussions and contribute your thoughts.
Current discussions include:
- Value Stream Mapping Tools: Neal Moriconi has asked the community for insight on VSM tools outside of Visio.
- Feedback on SHS Impact in Your Career: The Young Professionals committee is collecting member thoughts on how SHS has impacted your career and why it is important to remain active in the society.
- Growing your Fixed Mindset to Achieve Success: Aaron Kanne recently read the book Mindset by Carol Dweck and has some thoughts on how the fixed vs. growth mindset concepts can be applied to the industrial engineering profession.
Committees
Are you interested in getting involved with SHS but are not sure how? We have multiple opportunities for involvement starting with our eight committees and our monthly newsletter. We are very excited with what we have in store for this year, but for SHS to be successful we need your help! Below are the committees and if you are interested in helping a committee or have a question please send a note to Elizabeth Gentry at
questions.shs@gmail.com.
Click here to learn more about SHS committees.
IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering – A forum to bridge
research and healthcare practices
IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering is an official journal of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. Our journal publishes research motivated by the challenging problems related to healthcare systems. It aims to foster the healthcare systems community by bringing research papers that have a strong methodological focus and direct applicability to healthcare systems to the audience. Currently, we publish papers in one of four categories: Healthcare Operations Management, Healthcare Informatics, Medical Decision Making and Socio-Technical Systems Analysis.
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