Open the front door to patient access: how AI helps direct inpatient flow to unlock capacity
The best way health systems can serve their surrounding communities is to provide consistent and timely access to care, for every patient who needs it. This not only improves patient outcomes, but drives higher revenue and keeps costs low. In the wake of the pandemic, hospitals in all settings have seen an influx of patients […]
The three levels of hospital length of stay management are strategic, tactical, and technical
Hospital length of stay, the amount of time in an episode of hospitalization from admission to discharge, is a universal and critical metric in U.S. healthcare. Most U.S. hospitals have some sort of desire to reduce length of stay as well as lower hospital readmission rates. But despite being a metric with a simple definition, […]
Transform Spotlight: Unlocking system-wide surgical scheduling by making block time visible
The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS) is extensive and growing, with 52 operating rooms that run at nearly-full capacity but only 51% block utilization. Megan Eubanks (Senior Director of Business Operations of Perioperative and Procedural Services, TUKHS) knew the health system had to deploy better surgical scheduling and block management to expand its capacity. […]
3 ways AI supports OR access and experience – for surgeons, staff, and patients
One of the most expensive assets in the hospital, the operating room (OR), is also one of the most challenging to utilize efficiently. Managing use of the OR is complex and time consuming. Leadership works to drive optimal financial results by ensuring that valuable time, rooms, and specialized equipment are leveraged to their utmost capacity. […]
Transform Spotlight: What’s blocking your OR block utilization?
At Transform 2022, healthcare leaders and technology experts gathered to discuss using AI to drive better capacity use and higher ROI amid financial and operational pressures. In this session, LeanTaaS’ Austin Trout and Diana Gillogly engaged with an audience of perioperative leaders on developing better surgical block management to open operating room (OR) access. View […]
3 key change management lessons from deploying AI technology to optimize cancer centers
At the Transform Virtual Hospital Operations Summit in December 2022, Andrew Graham DNP, RN, PCCN-K, Director – Outpatient Oncology and Infusion, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, and Adam Neiberger, MPH, Quality & Performance Improvement Manager, University of Kansas Cancer Center, each discussed their organization’s deployment of Queue for Infusion Centers to achieve cancer center optimization. When AI […]
Transform Spotlight: How St. Mary’s Medical Center rebalanced infusion scheduling and increased nurse productivity with iQueue in 7 weeks
At LeanTaaS’ fourth biannual Transform Virtual Hospital Operations Summit, oncology and infusion leaders from St. Mary’s Medical Center (part of SCL Health, now Intermountain Health) discussed their facility’s issues with patient capacity and scheduling, and how they deployed technology to delay a costly remodel project and provide a relaxed and positive experience for patients and […]
LeanTaaS is growing care access, and ourselves: reflecting on achievements and awards for healthcare AI in 2022
2022 generated unprecedented milestones and achievements for LeanTaaS. We wish to celebrate what our team – customers, employees, and stakeholders – has accomplished together. Our healthcare system partners continue to leverage our analytics-based iQueue solutions, powered by machine learning and AI, to unlock much-needed unused asset capacity at a time when many resources are scarce. […]
Maximize healthcare capacity through AI, ML, and data science at LeanTaaS‚ Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit
Hospitals and health systems are in the midst of the most financially difficult year since the start of the pandemic, according to the American Hospital Association. This, combined with staffing shortages, provider burnout, increased patient demand, and limited capital are only a few of the hurdles health systems and hospitals are looking to overcome. It […]
Top 7 reasons to co-implement iQueue for Infusion Centers alongside a new EHR
Transitioning to a new EHR is a challenging and lengthy process for a healthcare system. Given the scope of this undertaking and the high cost of a new EHR purchase, healthcare organizations typically make this investment for essential reasons and with express goals. These could involve simplifying existing technical infrastructure by combining multiple platforms, improving […]