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Vol. 18, No. 1
2011

2012 Healthcare Best Paper Competition

Posted in College of Healthcare Operations Management

Best Paper Competition
Production and Operations Management Society Conference, Chicago, April 20-23, 2012

The College of Healthcare Operations Management of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) announces its 2012 Best Paper Competition. The best paper competition is held each year to identify and honor outstanding papers in the field of Healthcare Operations Management. Each submitted paper will be judged based on its contribution towards the advancement of theory and practice of Healthcare Operations Management. The research should have relevance to theory and have a potential to impact practice. The topic of the paper should fall within the scope of healthcare operations management. All research methods, including field/case studies, empirical and analytical methods are encouraged. There are four conditions for eligibility:

  • The paper must present original research conducted primarily by the entrant following the POMS rules for conference submissions (i.e., cannot be previously published or currently accepted for publication elsewhere, etc.)
  • Only one paper can be submitted by an entrant.
  • Entrant must be the first author on the paper.
  • Entrant must register for the conference (Chicago, April 20-23, 2012) and should follow the Abstract and Full Paper submission process as provided in the timeline below.

Timeline for submission:

  1. Upload abstract of the paper for presentation at the POMS conference using the website (opens Nov. 1) – the tentative deadline for abstract submission is Dec 15, 2011. Please upload your paper either as an invited or contributed presentation in the Healthcare Track.
  2. Upload full-length paper in the POMS Conference management system by Jan 30, 2012.
  3. Send an email to Prof. Rachna Shah (shahx024@umn.edu) expressing your desire for being considered for the paper competition by Jan 30, 2012. Include the title of the paper, list of authors and the confirmation number of the abstract/uploaded paper in this email.
  4. Register for the conference as per the registration deadline.

Between three and five finalists will be chosen, and their presentation will be moved to a special award session at the 2012 Annual POMS conference in Chicago. Prizes will be awarded immediately at the end of this session. The first prize is accompanied by a $500 honorarium and the second prize is accompanied by a $250 honorarium. A complete entry includes:

  1. A cover document that includes:
    • the entrant’s name, current affiliation, address, e-mail address, telephone number;
    • the title of the paper, its topic, and the method(s) used.
    • the file name should be the entrant’s full name.
  2. The paper in PDF including tables, figures and appendices should not exceed 32 pages in standard format (1” margins, double-spaced, 12 point font). Author names should not appear on the paper. Please see other formatting requirements at http://www.poms.org/journal/author_instructions/