How healthcare leaders collaborate and innovate with technology partners
In my time as a healthcare leader, and today as part of a technology team, I have been excited to notice partnerships between healthcare and tech organizations both increase in number and expand in scope. Health systems, more than ever, are learning to trust and rely on best-of-industry tools to amplify the expertise and best […]
5 ways to use AI and automation to optimize hospital staffing
My inpatient flow teams and I have worked with hundreds of health systems and hospitals to improve their inpatient staffing and scheduling strategies. Many of these, as they tried to navigate understaffing challenges, began by using conventional processes and ineffective staffing technology. They had approached staffing the same way for many years, and were constantly […]
Supporting a new normal for hospital staff: how AI-powered automation can optimize valuable personnel and improve the provider experience
Healthcare’s shortage of providers, nurses and staff is no longer an acute crisis, but an ongoing reality. It is critical for healthcare leadership to support and optimize the valuable staffing resources who remain. To do so now, organizations must invest in long-term, sustainable AI-based solutions to relieve staff’s most pressing day-to-day burdens and help improve […]
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 […]
What was the state of cancer center operations in 2022? 3 key findings from a new survey by LeanTaaS and ACCC
In mid-2022, capacity management expert LeanTaaS jointly conducted a survey with the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) to capture data and insights from cancer center nursing directors and operational leaders from across the country, to better understand current challenges in cancer center operations and how AI-based technology can help. Nearly 100 cancer center leaders […]
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 […]
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Medicine Increased Daily Infusion Center Volumes by 42%
Part of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Maryland-based academic health system that serves 95,000 patients annually, the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC) is an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center that comprises 195 chairs across five centers, and is dedicated to both integrated research and comprehensive care delivery. In 2020, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center performed approximately […]
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 […]
Leveraging AI to optimize staffing and navigate operational shockwaves in infusion centers
For all infusion leaders, and nursing and schedule leaders — optimizing infusion capacity will be a key topic at LeanTaaS’s Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit taking place next week. Through impact story sessions, workshops, and fireside chats, leaders can learn how AI is transforming infusion center workflows. The third LeanTaaS Transform event in partnership with Becker’s Healthcare […]
National Nurses Week: In Conversation with LeanTaaS RNs
To celebrate and honor National Nurses Week, LeanTaaS RNs recently came together to share their experiences in the nursing field. Read on to learn more about their career journeys, perspectives, patient stories, and how their knowledge and passion of nursing has helped inform their work at LeanTaaS. Why did you decide to become a nurse? How […]