8:30Welcome and Introductions
Denis A. Cortese, Mayo Clinic and Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine (IOM)
William B. Rouse, Georgia Institute of Technology and Planning Committee Chair (NAE)
8:45Keynotes:
  1. Learning Opportunities for Health Care
  2. Teaching Opportunities from Engineering
Opening keynote speakers will address some of the key systemic shortfalls and challenges in health care today, reflecting on the changes needed and how systems engineering might help foster a healthcare system that delivers the care we know works and that learns from the care delivered.
Brent C. James, Intermountain Healthcare (IOM)
W. Dale Compton, Purdue University (NAE)
9:45Session 1: Engaging Complex Systems Through Engineering Concepts
How do the various engineering disciplines (e.g., systems engineering, industrial engineering, operations research, human factors engineering, financial engineering, risk analysis) engage system complexity, and how might this perspective inform and improve health care? What can we learn from the contrasts?
Chair: Paul H. O'Neill, Value Capture, LLC

Systems engineering perspectives

William B. Rouse, Georgia Institute of Technology (NAE)

Engineering systems analysis tools

Richard C. Larson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (NAE)

[10:35–10:55 Break]

Engineering systems design tools

James M. Tien, University of Miami (NAE)

Engineering systems control tools

Harold W. Sorenson, University of California, San Diego

Panel discussion to follow
12:00Lunch
1:00Session 2: Healthcare System Complexities, Impediments, and Failures
What are the multiple healthcare system components and processes that affect the generation and application of evidence, and which inefficiencies, impediments, structural barriers, and failures are most acutely in need of attention and correction? How might systems engineering address these issues?
Chair and Introduction: Cato T. Laurencin, University of Virginia Health Systems (IOM)

Healthcare culture

William W. Stead, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (IOM)

Diagnostic and treatment technologies

Rita F. Redberg, University of California, San Francisco

Clinical data systems and clinical decision support

Michael D. Chase, Kaiser Permanente Colorado

Care coordination and linkage

Amy L. Deutschendorf, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System

Administrative and business systems

Ralph W. Muller, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Information and knowledge development

Eugene C. Nelson, Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center

Panel discussion to follow
[3:15–3:30 Break]
3:30Session 3: Case Studies in Transformation Through Systems Engineering
How has systems engineering been successfully used in certain industries and sectors? Which key lessons best apply in the transformation of a sociologically and technologically complex healthcare arena? Are there examples of successful applications to health care? What are some key lessons from other sectors and service industries in managing complexity?
Chair: Carmen Hooker Odom, Milbank Memorial Fund

Airline safety

John J. Nance, formerly of National Patient Safety Foundation

Alcoa reorientation

Earnest J. Edwards, formerly of Alcoa

Veterans Health Affairs

Kenneth W. Kizer, Medsphere Systems Corporation (IOM)

Ascension Health

David B. Pryor, Ascension Health

Panel discussion to follow
5:15Day's Summary and Framework Discussion
What framework might illustrate ways in which lessons from engineering could map onto healthcare systems?
Paul H. O'Neill, Value Capture, LLC, and William B. Rouse, Georgia Institute of Technology (NAE)
5:30Reception

From: Appendix A, Workshop Agenda

Cover of Engineering a Learning Healthcare System
Engineering a Learning Healthcare System: A Look at the Future: Workshop Summary.
Institute of Medicine (US) and National Academy of Engineering (US) Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2011.
Copyright © 2011, National Academy of Sciences.

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