Workshop: Healthcare Systems Engineering (HSE); Arlington, Virginia; 15-16 June 2006

该项目将支持一个学术研讨会，以回顾当前在医疗系统工程领域的研究，然后制定和传播优先需求的议程。这次会议将于2006年6月15日至16日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的国家科学基金会举行。美国的医疗保健服务正处于质量、安全性和效率不一致、有时令人沮丧的危机之中，加上成本迅速增长。美国国家工程院（National Academy of Engineering）和美国医学研究所（Institute of Medicine）最近进行的一项联合研究发现，造成这种现象的一个主要原因是，为改善生产和分销做出了巨大贡献的系统工程师和研究人员缺乏对医疗保健的参与。该研讨会将汇集许多该领域的领先研究人员，并系统地回顾已经取得的成就和未来需要优先考虑的问题，从而有助于医疗保健领域系统工程方法的智力发展。医疗保健是该国最大的产业，预计在10年内将消耗国内生产总值的19%。运输系统的改进既节省了成本，又提高了质量，从而提高了成千上万人的生活质量。此外，将支持对该主题感兴趣的博士生作为未来急需的医疗系统工程领导者参加研讨会。

This project will support a scholarly workshop to review current research in the healthcare systems engineering field, and then develop and disseminate an agenda of priority needs. This meeting would take place at the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, June 15-16, 2006. Healthcare delivery in the United States is in a crisis of inconsistent and sometimes dismal quality, safety and efficiency, plus rapidly growing cost. The recent joint study of the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine found a major reason to be the absence of involvement in healthcare among the systems engineers and researchers who have done so much to improve manufacturing and distribution.The workshop will contribute to the intellectual development of systems engineering methods for the healthcare domain by bringing together many of the leading researchers to the field, and systematically reviewing what has been achieved and what future needs deserve priority. Healthcare is the nation's largest industry, predicted to consume 19 percent of the Gross Domestic Product within 10 years. Improvements in delivery systems yield both cost savings and quality improvements, thus enhancing the quality of thousands of lives. In addition, PhD students interested in the topic will be supported to attend the workshop as vitally needed healthcare systems engineering leaders of the future.