{"73926":{"#nid":"73926","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Health Systems Professional Ed Classes Launched","body":[{"value":"\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.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\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\u003EFounded 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\u003Cstrong\u003ECourses offered include:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Healthcare Financial Management\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Essentials of Statistics For Health Professionals  (Basic)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Statistics for Health Professionals  (Intermediate)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Decision Analysis in Healthcare\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Healthcare System Modeling and Operations Management\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Measurement and Management of Quality of Care\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Computer Simulation in Healthcare\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Measurement and Analysis of Health Outcomes\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Informatics and Healthcare Delivery  (Fundamentals)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Human Computer Interaction and Healthcare Informatics (Informatics Design)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u00b7  Optimization in Medicine\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Sainfort will offer a free sneak preview of Georgia Tech\u0027s new health systems courses through a \u003Cstrong\u003Elive webinar \u003C\/strong\u003Eon \u003Cstrong\u003EAugust 2, 2005 \u003C\/strong\u003Efrom \u003Cstrong\u003Enoon - 1 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E. Sainfort will give a brief lecture on \u0022\u003Cem\u003ERe-engineering Healthcare Systems\u003C\/em\u003E\u0022 for interested students.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll 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\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\u003EDetailed information about these courses and the sneak preview is available online at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.emarket.gatech.edu\/healthcare\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.emarket.gatech.edu\/healthcare\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Short courses cover the latest techniques in decision analysis, financial management, quality of care measurement, and more"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"This 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.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Health systems short courses begin this fall"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2005-06-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:27","author":"Elizabeth Campell","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":[],"hg_media":{"73927":{"id":"73927","type":"image","title":"Francois Sainfort","body":null,"created":"1449178028","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:08","changed":"1475894683","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:43"},"73928":{"id":"73928","type":"image","title":"Nelson C. Baker","body":null,"created":"1449178028","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:08","changed":"1475894683","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:43"}},"media_ids":["73927","73928"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.emarket.gatech.edu\/healthcare","title":"Health Systems Short Courses"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}