Join us in Chicago for the second INFORMS conference on healthcare operations research, systems engineering and analytics.

The Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) is pleased to announce the second conference on healthcare, INFORMS Healthcare 2013 in Chicago. The conference aims to bring a diverse group of researchers and stakeholders together to share information and insights that can improve the long-term efficiency, effectiveness and quality of healthcare delivery. 

Presentations at INFORMS Healthcare 2013 will span a wide range of problems in the healthcare continuum that are amenable to data driven approaches. We also welcome contributions from synergistic fields including healthcare policy, clinical decision making, global health, therapy and treatment delivery, public health, and health informatics.

We are pleased that a number of INFORMS subdivisions, as well as key societies and organizations outside INFORMS, are technical co-sponsors. With support from these organizations, the conference is expected to draw researchers, practitioners, and clinicians from the U.S., Canada, Europe and around the world, offering a cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary view of healthcare systems.

Sanjay Mehrotra, General Chair

Call for Posters

Poster deadline: March 15, 2013

You are invited to submit your work in one of two formats: a talk as part of a session, or a poster/display presentation as part of an interactive/poster session. All submissions will be reviewed by the Committee, with authors notified of acceptance at specified dates. Submissions for both oral and poster presentation consist of a 500-character abstract and a two-page extended abstract. There is limited session capacity for this conference, and we encourage you to submit early.

HAS Student Paper Competition

The INFORMS Health Applications Section (HAS) announces its first Student Paper Competition. Four finalists will be selected for papers judged to be the best in the field of health applications, in terms of both methodology and potential impact. Prizes are accompanied by honorariums ($500 for first prize, $300 for second prize, and $100 for 3rd and 4th). In addition, finalists will receive complimentary registration to the conference. For information on eligibility and submission, click here. Deadline for submission is March 15.

Technical Co-Sponsors

• INFORMS Health Applications Society
• INFORMS Computing Society
• INFORMS Data Mining Section
• INFORMS MSOM, Healthcare Operations Management
• INFORMS Optimization Society
• INFORMS Simulation Society
  
  
• Canadian Operational Research Society
• Health Systems Engineering Alliance
• POMS, College of Healthcare Operations Management
• Northwestern Institute for Public Health & Medicine
• Northwestern Center for Engineering & Health

Thanks to Our Sponsors

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