Life at LeanTaaS: “A social event that makes us feel good for giving back”
A LeanTaaS employee shares the value of volunteering as a group, in an installment of this series spotlighting the members of our team, what makes them special, and the experiences that transform their work into more than just a job. In late summer of 2022, the Santa Clara-based members of the LeanTaaS Operations (Ops) team […]
Transform Spotlight: SSM Health deploys AI technologies to navigate cancer center roadblocks
At the LeanTaaS 2022 Summer Transform Hospital Operations Summit, SSM Health Director of Clinical Services Melanie Maze and Administrator of Oncology Outpatient Operations Shannon Veltrop discussed their infusion centers’ agility and resilience in navigating operational shockwaves and continuing to implement and achieve results with analytics during the disruptions of the pandemic. See their full session […]
Using analytics and partnerships to break through healthcare operations barriers: a conversation with Patrick McGill, MD, EVP, Chief Transformation Officer, Community Health Network
At LeanTaaS’ Transform Virtual Hospital Operations Summit on June 7-8, 2022, Patrick McGill, MD, at that time Community Health Network’s Chief Transform Officer, gave a fireside chat exploring in depth how his health system’s collaborative and learning-driven culture led to data transformation both in operations and in care delivery. View the full talk, with LeanTaaS […]
Beyond all expectations: Highlights from the 2022 KLAS Spotlight Report on iQueue for Operating Rooms
At the LeanTaaS Transform Summer 2022 event, KLAS Research Director Niel Oscarson and LeanTaaS Vice President of Client Services Ashley Walsh presented an overview of KLAS’ recent Spotlight Report on satisfaction among users of iQueue for Operating Rooms and LeanTaaS’ performance as a healthcare technology partner. For a deeper dive, view the full conversation here. […]
Predictive analytics in healthcare projects: Transforming the Baptist Health OR with people, process, and technology
At LeanTaaS Transform 2022, Baptist Health Jacksonville Vice President of Performance Excellence Amy Cate Huveldt (PE, MBA, ASQ, CSSBB) co-presented with colleague Aaron Miri, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital & Information Officer, about scaling digital transformation across their system. In this byline, Huveldt describes Baptist’s strategy for deploying predictive analytics in healthcare projects, and discusses […]
Increasing healthcare ROI through AI to unlock capacity: Q&A with Sanjeev Agrawal, President and COO of LeanTaaS
A version of this piece was originally published on Becker’s Hospital Review. As part of Becker’s 12th Annual Meeting in April 2022, LeanTaaS gave a half-day summit to explore the role of data in expanding capacity for care. During the event, LeanTaaS President & COO Sanjeev Agrawal discussed in depth how AI is already driving optimized […]
Healthcare analytics must go beyond “admiring the problem”
The world of healthcare analytics — in fact, all analytics — is not monolithic. It ranges from solutions that admire problems to those that prescribe actions to create value. The further hospitals and health systems move to the right of this spectrum (i.e. using analytics that create valuable prescriptions rather than just describing them), the more they will experience […]
Multidisciplinary rounds: how transparent communication reduces inpatient discharge barriers
Those who work in patient throughput are constantly focused on “placing the right patient in the right bed at the right time.” Implementing multidisciplinary rounds (MDRs) is a productive way to help achieve this goal. A patient-centered model of care emphasizing patient safety and efficiency, MDRs enable all members of the patient care team to […]
More than chair counts: using operational factors to maximize infusion center capacity
All infusion centers share the common goal of providing services to meet the needs of as many patients as possible. Before optimal patient scheduling can occur, however, an infusion center must first determine its maximum capacity. Determining an infusion center’s maximum capacity entails two key steps. First is the calculation of a center’s theoretical maximum […]
Transform Spotlight: How Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center reduced infusion patient wait times by 30%
During LeanTaaS’ Summer 2022 Transform event, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) Administrative Director of Nursing, Cody C. Stansel (MSN, RN, NE-BC, OCN, CMSRN), presented on the strategy the center undertook to grow efficiency and reduce infusion patient wait times. The full session, which includes LeanTaaS Senior Product Implementation and Customer Success Manager for iQueue for Infusion Centers, […]