Dignity Health Sequoia Hospital Increased OR Block Utilization by 10 Percentage Points
Dignity Health is the fifth-largest health system in the nation and the largest hospital provider in California. Its network of community hospitals spans California, Arizona, and Nevada and collectively includes over 250 operating rooms. Dignity Health’s Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, California, is a 12 OR facility that serves the larger Peninsula community. As is […]
Novant Health Decreased Infusion Patient Wait Times by 40%
The North Carolina-based Novant Health is a non-profit integrated healthcare network that comprises 15 hospitals and more than 350 physician practices offering advanced medical treatments across multiple states. Utilizing purposeful innovation is core to Novant Health’s strategy for delivering an exceptional healthcare experience for patients. As with any large health system, Novant Health struggled to […]
Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute Decreased Average Patient Wait Time by 27%
Part of the 36,000-employee Hartford HealthCare (HHC) network, the only integrated healthcare network in Connecticut, the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute provides care throughout its seven hospitals, nine medical oncology practices, and 13 infusion centers in communities throughout the state. The Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute diagnoses and treats nearly 6,000 new cancer cases each year, amounting […]
Oregon Health and Sciences University Knight Cancer Institute Decreased Peak Infusion Chair Utilization by 14%
Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU) is a public research university in Oregon entirely dedicated to health sciences with a main campus, including two hospitals, in Portland, Oregon. OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is one of 71 elite NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the country, and the only one designated in Oregon.
Nebraska Medicine Grew Volume and Kept Infusion Center Wait Times Under 10 Minutes
The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center opened in Omaha as part of Nebraska Medicine in July 2017. This state-of-the-art facility consists of the Suzanne and Walter Scott Research Tower, where researchers have received more than $185 million in grant funding; the C.L. Werner Cancer Hospital, an 108-bed inpatient treatment center; and a multidisciplinary outpatient […]
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 […]
10 ways to strengthen hospital length of stay management: reduce inpatient census, improve patient experience
Hospital length of stay (LOS) management has become a major priority for healthcare leaders. While reimbursement requirements are a major driver of this focus, reducing length of stay can also decrease hospital-acquired conditions (HACs), which are subject to payment reductions of their own. Efforts to reduce LOS have led to a flurry of research into […]
Webinar Writeup: How Fred Hutchinson “Fred Hutch” Cancer Center is transforming infusion center scheduling
The Winter 2021 LeanTaaS Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit featured a conversation between Emily McCambridge Kowalski, Patient Access Operations Manager — Infusion, Fred Hutchinson “Fred Hutch” Cancer Center, and Armand Indra, Product Implementation and Customer Success Manager at LeanTaaS, on Fred Hutch Cancer Center’s ongoing success in infusion center scheduling optimization to the benefit of nurses, […]
Webinar Writeup: How Nebraska Medicine grew infusion center volumes while keeping wait times under 10 minutes
At the Winter 2021 LeanTaaS Transform Hospital Operations Summit, Becky Duchman, Director of Infusion and Treatment Services at Nebraska Medicine’s Buffett Cancer Center, presented a session on her center’s success with taking a data-driven approach to managing infusion center capacity, including a new approach to optimize infusion scheduling. Missed the event? We’ve got the […]
Webinar Writeup: How UCSF leveraged supply and demand considerations to reduce infusion patient wait times
Recently, Aubrey Wong, Administrative Director of the University of California, San Francisco, and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, joined LeanTaaS Founder and CEO Mohan Giridharadas to share how the Center piloted iQueue for Infusion Centers and started to reduce infusion patient wait times and increase volumes. Missed the event? We’ve got the details […]