Students & Faculty
What
IE's Do in Healthcare
Students
at SHS Conference
Student
Paper Competition! (click here
for more info)
Academic
Programs
Coop,
Internship, & Employment Opportunities
Project
Archive
Related
Links
For
More Information
What Industrial Engineers Do in Healthcare (top)
Overview
Industrial Engineers work in a variety of jobs in hospitals and HMO's. Typical projects might involve process analysis, time and cost studies, facility design, simultion, process and quality improvement, financial and organizational planning, and information system design. IE's in healthcare often are called "Management Engineers" (ME's) or have other job titles, but many of the tasks and skills are much the same as for IE's in any other industry.
As in most other industries, the possible career paths and day-to-day job responsibilities are quite varied and nearly limitless. The below slides summarize many typical and less typical projects on which IE's might find themselves working within healthcare:
• Introduction
to Management Engineering: Typical IE Roles in Health Care
• IEs_in_Healthcare
(overview)
• IE_Healthcare_Basics
• IE_at_Premier
• IE_at_Intermountain_Health
• IE_at_Banner
• IE_at_UA_Hospital
• Healthcare
Simulation Tutorial
• others t.b.d. - please
check back!
Speakers for Student Chapters! (info)
Have a SHS member to speak to your local IIE student chapter. SHS has members located in nearly all 50 states and close to most universities and colleges who would like to speak to local student chapters about what they do for work. For more information, contact Professor Benneyan at benneyan@coe.neu.edu or 617-373-2975.
Past
IE students working in healthcare (please
check back!)
Students at Annual SHS Conference (top)
• Reduced
student conference attendance fee! (info)
• Conference
program
Why Attend?
The annual conference of IIE's Society for Health Systems is a great place to gain a good understanding of how Industrial Engineering and related methods are used in many different types of healthcare careers. The conference also is a great opportunity to develop connections, network, and learn about current job possibilities. (Conference program)
Special Student Functions
•
Panel discussion of IE careers in healthcare (Monday 5-6pm)
• Student Mixer and Poster
Session (Monday 5-6pm)
• Student Paper Competition/Scholarship
• Reduced Conference
Registration Fee ($50 for full time students)
• Social Event
(Sunday 6-11 pm)
• Hospital Tour
(Wednesday afternoon)
SHS Annual Student Paper Competition (top)
The Institute of Industrial Engineers Society of Health Systems (SHS) and PROMODEL Corporation are pleased to announce the 2002 1st Annual SHS Student Paper Competition. Winners will be invited to present their papers at the annual SHS conference (this year on January 26, 2002 in Atlanta GA). Submitted papers should document the results of industrial engineering or related projects in healthcare. Papers generally should be 6-8 pages long and can have at most two authors.
Competition winners will receive one $500 cash award, free travel/hotel to the 2002 Annual SHS Conference, complimentary conference registration, and a copy of MedModel Simulation Student Software, for a total value of $1,500. For more application materials and further information, see the below links:
• SHS
Student Paper Competition Information
• Application
Form
• Paper
Competition Annoucement
(Please contact Professor Benneyan at benneyan@coe.neu.edu
or 617-373-2975 for more information.)
Other Useful Conferences:
IIE
conferences
American
Society for Quality (ASQ) conference
HIMSS
conference
Institute
for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Annual Forum
Academic Programs (top)
Healthcare IE/OR programs (t.b.d)
IE/OR faculty working in healthcare
(t.b.d)
Past IE students working in healthcare
(t.b.d)
Coop, Internship, & Employment Opportunities (top)
Hospitals with coop programs or internship
positions (t.b.d)
Job openings (t.b.d)
Project Archive (top)
Student archive of project and reports
(t.b.d)
Past student poster & paper presentations
from annual conference (t.b.d)
Related Links (top)
M. Tricks
OR page
Institute
of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
American Society
for Quality (ASQ), ASQ healthcare
division
Healthcare
Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS)
Institute for
Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
INFORMS
Health Applications Section (HAS)
others
For More Information (top)
Membership and Student Promotions Committee:
Professor
James Benneyan (email)
Professor
Munna Kathchal
Kim
Stec
Alexandria
Combs
Marci
Jackson
Steven
Yates
John
Elliott
Laura
Eichhorn
Sandy
McDowell
Useful Listservs:
SHS listserv
HIMSS/ME lsitserv
