2014 Events

Synapse: Applied Healthcare Operations Management and Research Conference

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Online registration is now closed. However, you will be able to register onsite.

We invite you to join us for the College of Healthcare Operations Management mini-conference on May 8, before the full POMS conference. CHOM conference highlights include:

• A panel discussion on Challenges and Opportunities in an Era of Healthcare Reform, with leading researchers in healthcare operations:
  • Professors Eva Lee, Rema Padman, and Peter Ward
• Three Showcase Presentations emphasizing practitioner participation in high-value scholarly research
• Centers for Disease Control: Special presentation on Quality Culture in Healthcare and its impact on change initiatives
• CHOM Best Paper Award Competition Summary
• Participation in two roundtable discussions of your choice led by healthcare practitioners and academic researchers
• Networking to build relationships for further collaboration among practitioners and academics

Click here for full schedule and presentation details.
Online registration is now closed. However, you will be able to register onsite.

We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta!

Vikram Tiwari, Ph.D.
CHOM President
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Surgical Business Analytics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville TN
vikram.tiwari@Vanderbilt.Edu

Linda LaGanga, Ph.D.
CHOM Vice President of Meetings
Director of Quality Systems & Operational Excellence
Mental Health Center of Denver
4141 East Dickenson Place, Denver, CO 80222
303-504-6665
Linda.Laganga@mhcd.org

 

Call for Proposals: Showcase Presentations at the College of Healthcare Operations Management Mini-Conference

The College of Healthcare Operations (CHOM) of the Production & Operations Management Society (POMS) is planning our third annual Synapse Mini-Conference to connect academics and practitioners, on May 8, 2014, the afternoon before the start of the main POMS conference. We invite you to submit a proposal for a Showcase Presentation. Two presentation proposals will be selected, and the presenting authors invited to present their work through a 30-minute presentation. This event will occur during the mini-conference in the late afternoon session. The CHOM mini-conference registration fee will be waived for one presenting author of each of the selected presentations.

Please send an extended abstract and description of your proposed presentation (maximum of two pages) to Linda LaGanga, Ph.D., (linda.laganga@mhcd.org), CHOM VP of Meetings, by February 15, 2014.

The CHOM Board members, along with any other CHOM members we appoint as reviewers, will use the following criteria to select the Showcase Presentations:

1. The project provides substantial demonstrated value in addressing operational issues in healthcare.

2. There is innovative development and application of Operations Management methods to current and important healthcare problems.

3. The issues addressed and methodology used are of high interest and value to senior-level healthcare leaders, practitioners and researchers.

4. The project contributes significantly to scholarly academic knowledge and applied research focused on improving healthcare operations.

5. Preference will be given to projects done in collaboration with healthcare practitioners or healthcare organizations with the objective of influencing practice, and to projects that have been implemented in actual healthcare practice.

Here is the tentative agenda for the CHOMS mini-conference:

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2014 Healthcare Best Paper Competition

Best Paper Competition College of Healthcare Operations Management Production and Operations Management Society Conference, Atlanta, May 9-12, 2014

The College of Healthcare Operations Management of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) announces its 2014 Best Paper Competition. The best paper competition is held each year to identify and honor outstanding papers in the field of Healthcare Operations Management. Each submitted paper will be judged based on its contribution towards the advancement of theory and practice of Healthcare Operations Management.

The research should have relevance to theory and have a potential to impact practice. The topic of the paper should fall within the scope of healthcare operations management. All research methods, including field/case studies, empirical and analytical methods are encouraged.

There are five conditions for eligibility:

• The paper must present original research conducted primarily by the entrant following the POMS rules for conference submissions (i.e., cannot be previously published or currently accepted for publication elsewhere, etc.)
• Only one paper can be submitted by an entrant.
• Entrant must be the first author on the paper.
• The paper should not have been submitted to another POMS’ college’s best paper competition during the 2013-2014 academic year.
• Entrant must register for the conference (Atlanta, May 9-12, 2014) and should follow the Abstract and Full Paper submission process as provided in the timeline below.

Timeline for submission:

1. Upload abstract of the paper for presentation at the POMS conference using the website (opens Nov. 1) â€" the tentative deadline for abstract submission is Dec. 15, 2013. Please upload your abstract either as an invited or contributed presentation in the Healthcare Track.
2. Email the full-length paper to Prof. Kurt Bretthauer (kbrettha@indiana.edu) with the subject line â€" CHOM 2014 Best Paper Competition, by Jan 20, 2014.
3. Include the following information in the email: title of the paper, list of authors and the confirmation number of the abstract/uploaded paper.
4. Register for the conference as per the registration deadline.

Between three and five finalists will be chosen, and their presentation will be moved to the ‘CHOMs’ Best Papers Presentation’ session at the 2014 Annual POMS conference in Atlanta. Winners will be chosen after this session, and prizes will be awarded in the CHOM’s business meeting following the Best Paper Presentation session.

The first prize is accompanied by a $500 honorarium and the second prize is accompanied by a $250 honorarium.

A complete entry includes:

1. A cover document that includes:
   • the entrant’s and all co-authors names, current affiliation, address, e-mail address, telephone number.
   • the title of the paper, its topic, and the method(s) used.
   • the file name should be the first author’s initials and the first three words of the title
2. The paper in PDF including tables, figures and appendices should not exceed 32 pages in standard format (1” margins, double-spaced, 12 point font). Author names should not appear on the paper. Please see other formatting requirements at http://www.poms.org/journal/author_instructions/