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<p class=MsoNormal>Workshop on Healthcare Service Management & Modeling,
May 21, 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>MWAIS 2010 Conference<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Moorhead, MN<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Deadline for submitting work-in-progress papers, completed
manuscripts, panel proposals: March 22, 2010 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Workshop URL: <a
href="http://www.mnstate.edu/schoolofbusiness/mwais2010/workshop.htm">http://www.mnstate.edu/schoolofbusiness/mwais2010/workshop.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>A special issue of <i>Decision Support Systems Journal </i>on
<i>‘Modeling for Better Healthcare’</i> is also associated with the
workshop. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>DSS special issue URL: <a
href="http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/flyer_modeling_for_better_healthcare27012010.pdf">http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/flyer_modeling_for_better_healthcare27012010.pdf</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=style3>Invited Speakers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>1.
Tom Horan, PhD - Director of Kay E-Health Research at Claremont Graduate
University and Director of Claremont Information and Technology Institute. URL-
<a href="http://www.cgu.edu/pages/1525.asp">http://www.cgu.edu/pages/1525.asp</a>
and <a href="http://www.kaycenter.org/index.php?s=overview&p=faculty">http://www.kaycenter.org/index.php?s=overview&p=faculty</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Topic:
Evolution from Conceptual Modeling to Action Design: The Case of CrashHelp<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>2.
J Singh, PhD –Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutical Science, North Dakota
State University. <a
href="http://www.ndsu.edu/pharmsci/faculty_staff/jagdish_singh/">http://www.ndsu.edu/pharmsci/faculty_staff/jagdish_singh/</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Topic:
Drug Development and Approval Process. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>3.
Amy R. Wilson, PhD- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota(BCBS) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Topic:
Utilization Management Process at BCBS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>4.
Ajay Aggarwal, MD, FCCP, Director Primary and Specialty Medicine Service Line,
VA Medical Center, Fargo. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Topic:
Government Healthcare Systems- Strengths and Opportunities for Research <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>5.
John Osborn, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Topic-
Operation Theater Scheduling<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Keynote Speaker: Mayo Clinic, TBA<o:p></o:p></p>
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