Symposium 2012
Second Annual Aspinwall Symposium
"SYSTEM-DRIVEN INSIGHTS FOR REINVENTING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY"
Featuring keynote speaker:
Patricia Mabry, PhD, of the National Institutes of Health
Who Should Attend
- Healthcare-focused technology companies
- Medical device companies
- Clinical providers
- Insurers
- Government organizations
- Academic organizations
What You Will Learn
- How to apply systems approaches to improving healthcare delivery
- WPI’s latest innovative research for reinventing healthcare
- Best practices from an industry panel about using systems approaches to solving problems in healthcare
AGENDA
2:00 - 2:15 p.m. – Welcome and Introductions
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. – Keynote Speaker
- Patricia L. Mabry, PhD, Senior Advisor in the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health will discuss “System-Driven Insights for Reinventing Healthcare Delivery”
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. – Break
3:30 - 4:45 pm – Industry Panel will discuss examples of systems approaches to solve healthcare issues.
Panel members:
- HealthWyse
- EMC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- IBM
- Philips Healthcare
4:45 – 5:00 p.m. – Break
5:00 - 6:00 pm – Healthcare Delivery Institute Research Presentations
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We will discuss the results from three projects that use system dynamics in order to understand high leverage points for intervention in healthcare delivery. The projects include studying the allocation of resources for stroke treatment of veterans, the availability of donated organs, and the disability examination process at the VA.
6:00 -7:00 pm Closing Remarks, Networking and Poster Reception
