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LeanTaaS Announces Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit Featuring Keynote from Healthcare Expert Dr. Scott Gottlieb

Latest Transform event will provide insights from renowned health leaders and systems on how to utilize AI, predictive, and prescriptive analytics tools to showcase the future of healthcare operations today November 10, 2021 -(BUSINESS WIRE)–LeanTaaS, Inc., a leading Silicon Valley based technology innovator that transforms core processes to improve patient access and operational performance, today […]

LeanTaaS Shortlisted for 2021 SaaS Awards

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — July 27, 2021 — LeanTaaS, Inc., a leading Silicon Valley based technology  innovator that transforms core capacity management processes to improve patient access and operational performance, is proud to announce iQueue for Operating Rooms has been named a finalist in the 2021 SaaS Awards Program in the category Best SaaS Product […]

LeanTaaS Launches Enhanced iQueue Product Suites to Maximize Efficiency for Infusion Centers, Operating Rooms and Hospital Beds

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — June 30, 2021, 2:30pm CST —LeanTaaS, Inc., a leading Silicon Valley based software innovator that increases patient access and transforms operational performance for healthcare providers, today announced new modules for its existing suite of iQueue for Operating Rooms, Infusion Centers, and Inpatient Beds products. The announcement was made at LeanTaaS’ inaugural […]

LeanTaaS Helps Leading U.S. Health Systems Effectively Manage Operating Room Capacity and Recover from COVID-19 Pandemic

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — May 04, 2021 — LeanTaaS, Inc., a leading Silicon Valley based software innovator that increases patient access and transforms operational performance for healthcare providers, today announced strong results for health systems and hospitals using iQueue for Operating Rooms in 2,000+ operating rooms and for over a million surgeries annually. Based on […]

LeanTaaS Raises $130 Million to Strengthen its Machine Learning Software Platform to Continue Helping Hospitals Achieve Operational Excellence

Insight Partners led the Series D funding round with participation from Goldman Sachs   SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Dec. 10, 2020 — LeanTaaS, Inc., a Silicon Valley software innovator that increases patient access and transforms operational performance for healthcare providers, announced a $130 million Series D funding round led by Insight Partners with participation from Goldman […]

LeanTaaS Launches New Solution to Help Health Systems Increase Inpatient Bed Throughput

Helping hospitals dramatically increase provider productivity and unlock bed capacity using real-time, predictive analytics SANTA CLARA, Calif.–LeanTaaS, Inc., a Silicon Valley software innovator that increases patient access and transforms operational performance for more than 300 hospitals, today announced the launch of its iQueue for Inpatient Beds. The cloud-based solution drives daily inpatient capacity management decisions […]

LeanTaaS Continues Strong Market Growth and Momentum in Q3 2020, Announces 100th Health System Customer

Impressive quarter also included 50 percent annualized revenue growth, a book launch, and prestigious award wins propelling the company into the next phase of its strategic growth plan SANTA CLARA, Calif.–LeanTaaS, Inc., a Silicon Valley software innovator that increases patient access and transforms operational performance for healthcare providers, today announced the close of an impressive […]

Novant Health Builds a Solid Foundation for Optimized Operating Room Capacity With Help From LeanTaaS

North Carolina-Based Novant Health System Deploys Data-Driven iQueue Platform to Bring 139 ORs Online Across 23 Locations Amid the COVID-19 Crisis SANTA CLARA, Calif. — June 11, 2020 — LeanTaaS, Inc., a healthcare analytics software company delivering solutions that improve patients’ access to care, today announced that Novant Health has successfully deployed iQueue for Operating Rooms across Novant Health’s North Carolina […]

Chapter 1: The Looming Challenge

If you work in the healthcare industry, or even if you’re just an interested observer, you don’t need a book to tell you that the financial pressure is on as never before. A perfect storm of circumstances is swirling together, one that will make survivability, not to mention profitability, a greater challenge for healthcare companies than we’ve seen in the modern era.

As with banks, retailers, and airlines, which had to rapidly enhance their brick-and-mortar footprints with robust online business models—it is the early movers eager to gain new efficiencies that will thrive and gain market share. The slow-to-move and the inefficient will end up being consolidated into larger health systems seeking to expand their geographical footprints.

The pressures on healthcare

Let’s look at just a few of the looming challenges healthcare must meet head-on.

An aging population

By the year 2030, the number of adults sixty-five years of age or older will exceed the number of children eighteen years or younger in the United States. We are living longer than our parents did. Positive news for sure, but problematic for several reasons.

The older we get, the more medical help we need. Older people have more chronic diseases. By 2025, nearly 50 percent of the population will suffer from one or more chronic diseases that will require ongoing medical intervention. This combination of an aging population and an increase in chronic diseases will create a ballooning demand for healthcare services.

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