Workshop: Using Operations Research to Improve Health Care Delivery Systems; Ann Arbor, MI; September 25-27, 2002

这笔赠款将部分用于举办一个为期3天的讲习班，主题是利用运筹学改进卫生保健服务。大约40-50名与会者将于2002年9月25日至27日在密歇根州的安娜堡会面。最近的一些会议，包括2001年在亚特兰大举行的一次国家科学基金会研讨会和一次由国家工程院赞助的会议，都记录了工程学为提高保健提供的质量和效率作出贡献的机会。这次研讨会将汇集来自卫生保健和业务研究界的专家，以确定能够推动卫生保健提供系统的业务改进的关键研究问题。研讨会将由密歇根大学联合主办，密歇根大学在医学和卫生保健研究方面处于领先地位。

This grant will partially support for a 3-day workshop on using operations research to improve health care delivery. Approximately 40-50 participants will meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 25-27, 2002. A number of recent conferences, including an NSF workshop in Atlanta and one sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering, both in 2001, documented the opportunities for engineering to contribute to improving the quality and efficiency of health care delivery. This workshop would bring together experts from the health care and operations research communities to identify critical research issues that can drive operational improvements in health care delivery systems. The workshop would be jointly hosted by the University of Michigan which is a leader in both medical and health care research.