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Events for May 06, 2011

• May

  06

  Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk

  Fri, May 06, 2011

  Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission

  Receptions & Special Events

  
  

  This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://usconnect.usc.edu/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!

  Location: USC Admission Center

  Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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• May

  06

  Process Improvement in Health Care

  Fri, May 06, 2011 @ 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

  Executive Education

  Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars

  
  

  Speaker: David Belson, PhD, USC Viterbi School of Engineering Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
  
  Talk Title: Process Improvement in Health Care
  
  Abstract: Course Overview
  The Process Improvement in Healthcare short course combines the field of Industrial and Systems Engineering with the needs of the healthcare industry. The National Academy of Engineering found that an inefficient American healthcare system causes 100,000 preventable deaths and the unnecessary loss of $500 billion each year.* In order to reduce costs and improve patient care, course participants will learn methods to improve efficiency in healthcare processes.
  
  * Grose, T. (2008, October). Life support systems: Engineers offer ways to get American healthcare off the ‘critical’ list. ASEE PRISM.
  
  Course Topics
  Useful, practical and popular process improvement methods will be explained and students will have an opportunity to implement many of them, including:
  
  * Process Mapping - how to understand a process with the use of diagrams and graphics
  * Queuing - understanding models of processes and their analysis
  * Materials management - inventory, its control and optimizing
  * Six Sigma basics - how this popular approach is used to reduce unwanted variability and improve quality
  * Lean thinking basics - how this popular approach is used to eliminate waste
  * Facility layout - why do some arrangements harm productivity and others help it
  * Computer simulation - how to make use of this valuable tool
  * Focus Groups - how to organize them and how to make them effective
  * Change management - once the necessary improvements are identified, how to implement
  
  Benefits
  
  * Reduce hospital costs and improve patient care by identifying and correcting bottlenecks, delays and other patient flow problems
  * Learn to independently implement Six-Sigma, Lean thinking, Total Quality Management and additional process improvement methods
  * Hands-on learning can be tailored to your organizational needs
  
  Audience
  Healthcare Practitioners and Administrators:
  
  * Clinical Staff
  * Healthcare Administrators and Executives
  * Healthcare Engineers
  * Nurses
  * Physicians
  
  
  Biography: David Belson, Ph.D., is an adjunct professor in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. He currently teaches graduate level engineering courses at USC in improving healthcare operations. Belson brings over 25 years of Industrial Engineering experience to this Professional Programs short course and has worked with over a dozen hospitals in improving their processes and teaching process improvement methods. Process implemented in over a dozen hospitals utilizing a wide range of methods and research in healthcare operations include surgery scheduling, ER queuing, radiology throughput and other patient flow improvements. Belson has previously held management positions at IBM and Ernst & Young and has extensive experience as an independent consultant.
  
  Host: Professional Programs
  
  More Info: http://mapp.usc.edu/professionalprograms/ShortCourses/ProcessImprovementinHealthCare.htm#Course_Delivery

  Audiences: RSVP Only

  Contact: Viterbi Professional Programs

  Event Link: http://mapp.usc.edu/professionalprograms/ShortCourses/ProcessImprovementinHealthCare.htm#Course_Delivery