Why hospitals should “make their assets sweat”

Hat tip to Sharon O’Keefe, CEO of the University of Chicago Medical Center, for introducing the phrase “make your assets sweat” to our team, which inspired me to write this article. The Affordable Care Act, increased government regulations and rising healthcare costs are forcing hospitals to do more with less. Last year, several major healthcare networks… Read More

This is how the future of hospital operations resembles air traffic control

Healthcare IT • healthcare technology • Hospital of the Future • hospital operations • hospitals • wait times

Explosion of data volumes. Interoperability of systems. Large servers in the sky that can analyze enormous amounts of data, compute complex algorithms in real time, and communicate in microseconds. Mobile communication through devices that patients, providers and staff all carry all the time. What does this all mean for hospital operations? Based on working with… Read More

LeanTaaS Reduces Wait Times for 1 Million Patient Visits

Big Data • cancer centers • data analytics • data science • Healthcare • hospitals • Infusion Centers • iQueue • lean principles • LeanTaaS • machine learning • Predictive Analytics • predictive modeling

iQueue for Infusion Centers Crosses the “100-Infusion Center” Milestone with Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Customers include 23 NCI and 15 NCCN centers Patients see wait time reduced by 30-50 percent Visit http://ow.ly/9yiw30jf09B for a demo SANTA CLARA, Calif. — April 18, 2018 — LeanTaaS, a Silicon Valley healthcare analytics company that increases patient… Read More

LeanTaaS to Showcase Impact of Predictive Analytics on Healthcare Operations at HIMSS18

cancer center • data science • Healthcare • HIMSS • hospital • infusion center • iQueue • lean principles • LeanTaaS • machine learning • Operating Rooms • Predictive Analytics • UCHealth

Company President Sanjeev Agrawal to Speak on Using Data Science to Optimize Utilization of Operating Rooms SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Feb. 21, 2018 — LeanTaaS, Inc., a Silicon Valley software innovator that increases patient access and transforms operational performance for healthcare providers, today announced that it will be exhibiting at the Healthcare Information and Management… Read More

LeanTaaS iQueue for Infusion Centers Gains Momentum in 2017

cancer center • data science • Healthcare • hospital • infusion center • iQueue • lean principles • LeanTaaS • machine learning • National Cancer Center Network • National Cancer Institute • Predictive Analytics

Doubles Infusion Chairs Under Management, Reduces Wait Times for Over 1 Million Patient Visits Customer base includes 21 NCI and 11 NCCN centers 85 U.S. cancer centers use iQueue for Infusion Centers to maximize chair utilization More than 1 million patient visits saw wait times reduced by 30-50 percent SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Dec. 19,… Read More

Insight Venture Partners Invests $26M Series B in LeanTaaS to Fuel Growth of Healthcare Operations Platform

cancer centers • diagnostic imaging • Healthcare • hospitals • Infusion Centers • Insight Venture Partners • iQueue • lean principles • LeanTaaS • machine learning • Operating Rooms • Predictive Analytics

Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning Technology Lowers Wait Times, Increases Patient Access and Improves Operational Performance SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nov. 14, 2017 — LeanTaaS, Inc., a Silicon Valley software innovator that increases patient access and transforms operational performance for healthcare providers, today announced that new investor Insight Venture Partners, a leading global venture capital… Read More

UCHealth Improves Operating Room Efficiency, Lowering Wait Times and Improving Patient Experience, with LeanTaaS

cancer centers • data science • diagnostic imaging • Healthcare • hospitals • Infusion Centers • iQueue • lean principles • LeanTaaS • machine learning • Operating Rooms • Predictive Analytics • UCHealth

Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning Help Nationally Recognized Colorado Health System to Care for More Patients, Reduce Wait Times and Increase Employee Satisfaction SANTA CLARA, Calif. — November 14, 2017 — LeanTaaS, Inc., a Silicon Valley innovator of software solutions that increase patient access and improve operational performance for healthcare providers, today shared results from… Read More

Health systems need to move beyond resource-based scheduling

Infusion Scheduling • machine learning • OR block scheduling • predictions • Predictive Analytics

Watching the tennis matches at Wimbledon over the last couple of weeks has inspired me to try and play a bit more often in order to improve my erratic, “weekend-warrior” level of play. The challenge is in reserving a tennis court at a convenient time — early mornings or evenings during the weekend when it… Read More

LeanTaaS Welcomes Katherine Halverson-Carpenter

LeanTaaS welcomes Katherine Halverson-Carpenter to the team as Vice President, Clinical Operations. Katherine brings more than two decades of experience managing perioperative services at leading healthcare organizations across the nation to her role at LeanTaaS. Most recently, she was the Executive Director of Perioperative Services at UCHealth, University of Colorado Hospital. Prior to that, she… Read More

CHIME Survey Reveals CIO Perspective on the Optimal Path to Improved Operations and Increased Revenue

Big Data • Block Utilization • budget • CIO • EHR • operating room • revenue • utilization

A recent survey of CHIME CIOs reveals a continued disconnect between the availability of EHR data and its ability to influence both revenue and operating margins in hospitals. The survey, conducted by CHIME and LeanTaaS, asked hospital CIOs five questions about their perceptions with regard to EHR data and attempts to increase both operating margins… Read More

The Data Proves It: First Case Starts And Turnover Time Are Not Your Best Metrics

Block allocations • block time • Block Utilization • hospital operations • mobile • Operating Rooms • Operational Excellence • perioperative

As a perioperative business manager for almost a decade, I’ve seen dozens of operating room efficiency improvement projects and benchmarks that focus heavily on first case delays and turnover times. On the surface, that makes sense; if the first case doesn’t start on time, it has a snowball effect on the rest of the… Read More

Shaping the demand curve to improve asset utilization is a bit like playing Tetris

hospital operations • infusion • Infusion Centers • Infusion Scheduling • machine learning • Predictive Analytics

In a previous article, I talked about how higher “velocity” contributes to greater efficiencies in a healthcare operations setting. The key to increasing velocity is to focus on minimizing the non value-added time before attempting to improve the value-added time. It’s a bit like the video game Tetris. Almost every asset, machine or human, in… Read More

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Why hospitals should “make their assets sweat”

This is how the future of hospital operations resembles air traffic control

LeanTaaS Reduces Wait Times for 1 Million Patient Visits

LeanTaaS to Showcase Impact of Predictive Analytics on Healthcare Operations at HIMSS18

LeanTaaS iQueue for Infusion Centers Gains Momentum in 2017

Insight Venture Partners Invests $26M Series B in LeanTaaS to Fuel Growth of Healthcare Operations Platform

UCHealth Improves Operating Room Efficiency, Lowering Wait Times and Improving Patient Experience, with LeanTaaS

Health systems need to move beyond resource-based scheduling

LeanTaaS Welcomes Katherine Halverson-Carpenter

CHIME Survey Reveals CIO Perspective on the Optimal Path to Improved Operations and Increased Revenue

The Data Proves It: First Case Starts And Turnover Time Are Not Your Best Metrics

Shaping the demand curve to improve asset utilization is a bit like playing Tetris

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