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

这笔赠款将部分支持一个为期3天的研讨会，利用运筹学来改善医疗保健服务。 大约40-50名与会者将于2002年9月25日至27日在密歇根州的安阿伯举行会议。最近的一些会议，包括在亚特兰大举行的NSF研讨会和由美国国家工程院赞助的一次研讨会，都在2001年，记录了工程学为提高医疗保健服务的质量和效率做出贡献的机会。 该研讨会将汇集来自卫生保健和运筹学界的专家，以确定可以推动卫生保健提供系统业务改进的关键研究问题。 该研讨会将由密歇根大学联合主办，密歇根大学是医学和保健研究的领导者。

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.