2010 SHS/ASQ ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PAGE

SHS / ASQ Conference and Expo 2010
"Building Better Health Care Systems"

A Breakthrough Multi-Disciplinary Conference

February 25-28, 2010
Atlanta GA
 

All sections must be completed for your submission to be considered.
Fields marked with * are required.
All proposals must be received by August 7, 2009.
 

Section 1: Speaker Information

Primary Presenter
Primary Presenter will be responsible for any and all correspondence to and from SHS/ASQ and Reviewers, all due dates, and submissions to SHS/ASQ, related to the presentation, regardless of Co-Presenters.  SHS/ASQ preference is for no more than two Presenters for a single Concurrent Session, and no more than three for longer sessions.

First Name: *

Last Name: *

Title:

Company/ *
Affiliation:

Address: *

City: *

    State/Prov.:

Postal/Zip: *

           Country: *

Phone: *

                   Fax:

Email: *

Speaker Status:  *

Only Speaker Multiple Presenters

Co-Presenters

Name		Title
Company		Email

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Company		Email

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Company		Email

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Section 2: Audience Level *

  Basic: requires little or no experience in the topic

  Intermediate: requires moderate experience

  Advanced:  calls for solid knowledge of the topic

  All Levels

Section 3: Topic Selection *

My presentation would be appropriate in the following topic:  please select the one topic that best matches the subject of your abstract:

  Integrating Quality and Performance Improvement for optimal outcomes Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Advancements in Quality Management, Patient Care models, and care delivery Innovations in popular PI methodologies (Lean, LSS, Six Sigma, CQI, etc.) Integrating Human Factors and Ergonomics into Quality and PI Health Information Technology and the impact on quality, efficiencies, and outcomes Systems Engineering applications Community- and Hospital-wide patient flow and patient care Predictive Analytics, Simulation, and advanced Decisions Support Advanced Labor Management and cost control Leadership and change management for a new era of constraints Facilities design for the new economic realities Creating optimal patient experience/satisfaction Promoting Community Health and Wellness through Hospital Quality and PI

• Integrating Quality and Performance Improvement for optimal outcomes
• Clinical Safety and Effectiveness
• Advancements in Quality Management, Patient Care models, and care delivery
• Innovations in popular PI methodologies (Lean, LSS, Six Sigma, CQI, etc.)
• Integrating Human Factors and Ergonomics into Quality and PI
• Health Information Technology and the impact on quality, efficiencies, and outcomes
• Systems Engineering applications
• Community- and Hospital-wide patient flow and patient care
• Predictive Analytics, Simulation, and advanced Decisions Support
• Advanced Labor Management and cost control
• Leadership and change management for a new era of constraints
• Facilities design for the new economic realities
• Creating optimal patient experience/satisfaction
• Promoting Community Health and Wellness through Hospital Quality and PI

Section 4: Presentation Length *

Please select presentation length

  Standard Session – 50 minutes

  Extended Session – 100 minutes

  Pre-Conference Workshop – 4 hours

  Pre-Conference Workshop – 8 hours

  Poster Presentation

Section 5: Presentation Proposal

If you wish to submit additional information to support your application, you may attach it here. However, at a minimum, you must complete the online form. Applications without the online form completed in its entirely may not be considered.

To attach your file, click on the browse button to select the file on your computer.

 

Presentation Title *
Your title should communicate the program content and capture the reader's interest.
Do not exceed 10 words.

Presentation Description *
Please provide a presentation description to be used in promotional literature if your presentation is accepted. Do not exceed 50 words.

Presentation Abstract *
This brief abstract will be used to help the committee decide if your presentation matches the conference's needs.  As such, it is important to describe in as much detail as possible, the content, methods, tools and techniques, results noted to date, lessons learned, etc. Do not exceed 200 words.

Session Objectives
List in bullet style the learning objectives or reasons why this session will be of value to those attending. Do not exceed 5 points, and each point should not exceed 12 words.

Attendees will learn

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Section 6: Presenter Biography *

Biography
This brief description should include your name, title, company, location, education, current activities, relevant former positions, honors, and other professional society or association affiliations.

The biography will be used to by the Session Moderator to introduce you at the conference.

Presentation Evaluation Process

Selections for presentations will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Applicability: relevance of the ideas and/or techniques to other conference attendees
• Originality: new or advanced application of an existing practice or presentation of a new idea
• Soundness: thoroughness of explanation, assumptions are   reasonable, techniques used appropriately
• Organization: organization of logic, clarity of definition for problem and/or objective, clear explanations
• Comparative Quality: overall quality and value relative to other   papers submitted

All selection decisions by the SHS/ASQ Conference Planning Committee are final.  Abstracts accepted for presentation and/or publication are subject to editing for clarity and space considerations by the Conference Planning Committee.

Please note that conference speakers are not paid or reimbursed for travel expenses. SHS/ASQ speakers can register at a discounted rate (50%) off the regular registration rate. The discount applies to the primary speaker - 1 per presentation.  All SHS/ASQ speakers are required to submit a Powerpoint presentation and a Full Paper (6 page limit) or Briefing Document and for inclusion on the conference CD proceedings and must pre-register for the conference  or they will not be allowed to participate on the program.  All paper submissions will be reviewed and may need to be revised based upon these reviews in order to be accepted for the final conference proceedings.

2010 SPEAKER RESPONSIBILITIES

To maintain the quality of the Conference and ensure the planning process runs smoothly, the committee has outlined several responsibilities of the speaker.  If you submit a proposal to SHS/ASQ, you must agree to:

• Deliver the presentation and written materials consistent with the proposal submitted.
• Abide by all Due Dates, review processes, and Reviewer requests.
• Manage the presentation in a manner which avoids the appearance of selling or promoting a specific commercial product or service.
• Consultants will be asked to avoid commercialization of presentations, "selling" or "marketing" services and/or products, and to serve as an objective information resource for the viewers.
• Company or Organization branding logos are limited to two (2) appearances within the presentation. A single, non-obtrusive copyright marker, no larger than 14 point font, may be displayed on each slide to protect intellectual capital
• Ensure that the presentation is produced with clear, shapely defined, legible graphics.
• Provide the opportunity for attendees for session to ask questions (5 minutes minimum).
• Secure a qualified replacement speaker in the event of illness or other reason for the unavailability of the speaker.
• Alignment: consistent with the conference theme or concepts supporting the theme

Important Due Dates

July 31, 2009 September 18, 2009 December 4, 2009 December 18, 2009 January 8, 2010 January 15, 2010 tba February 25-28, 2010

Abstract deadline Speaker selection notification First draft presentation Reviewers respond to authors Final draft presentation Final annotated paper submission Presenter registration due 2010 Conference, Atlanta GA