{"59973":{"#nid":"59973","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Health Systems Professional Ed Classes Launched","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis fall Georgia Tech\u0027s renowned health systems faculty will launch a series of short courses designed for working professionals in the healthcare industry * from hospital administrators to consultants to mid-level managers and clinicians.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\u0022The healthcare system in the United States is a very complex system, suffering in terms of costs, quality of care, efficiency and productivity * issues which engineers are good at solving,\u0022 says Francois Sainfort, the William W. George professor of health systems and professor of industrial and systems engineering. \u0022Now is a good time to start bringing engineering solutions to healthcare and to look at ways to re-engineer and redesign the system.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\nFounded in 1958, Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate program in health systems is top ranked in the field. Faculty members bring their extensive experience in consulting, research and teaching to the classroom.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\nCourses offered include\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EHealthcare Financial Management\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEssentials of Statistics For Health Professionals (Basic)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EStatistics for Health Professionals (Intermediate)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDecision Analysis in Healthcare\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EHealthcare System Modeling and Operations Management\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EMeasurement and Management of Quality of Care\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EComputer Simulation in Healthcare\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EMeasurement and Analysis of Health Outcomes\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EInformatics and Healthcare Delivery (Fundamentals)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EHuman Computer Interaction and Healthcare Informatics (Informatics Design)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EOptimization in Medicine\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\nIn addition, Sainfort will offer a free sneak preview of Georgia Tech\u0027s new health systems courses through a \u003Cstrong\u003Elive webinar\u003C\/strong\u003E on \u003Cstrong\u003EAugust 2, 2005\u003C\/strong\u003E from \u003Cstrong\u003Enoon * 1PM\u003C\/strong\u003E. Sainfort will give a brief lecture on \u0022Re-engineering Healthcare Systems\u0022 for interested students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\nAll courses will be taught at Georgia Tech\u0027s new state-of-the-art Global Learning \u0026amp; Conference Center located in midtown Atlanta and are organized by the Professional Education division at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\u0022Through these short courses, Professional Education at Georgia Tech strives to share Georgia Tech\u0027s expertise in a variety of disciplines with leaders in business, government and other organizations. It is our mission to provide the best educational experience possible,\u0022 said Nelson C. Baker, associate vice provost for Distance Learning and Professional Education.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\nDetailed information about these courses and the sneak preview is available online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emarket.gatech.edu\/healthcare\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.emarket.gatech.edu\/healthcare\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2005-06-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}