Ready on Arrival: Earlier Preoperative Readiness, Fewer Late Cancellations
Getting a patient ready for surgery is a highly coordinated effort that can be easily disrupted. Between the clinic visit and the day of surgery, dozens of things have to come together: lab work and clearances, medication reconciliation and adjustments, fasting and skin-prep instructions, transportation and caregiver plans, and clear communication with a patient who […]
How to Retain Infusion Schedulers: What Actually Works
If you’ve ever worked in an infusion center, you already know what happens when a good scheduler walks out the door. Access gets tighter. The patient experience gets less consistent. Nurses end up absorbing the slack. The impacts show up fast, and they touch nearly every part of the day. Yet scheduling is still one […]
Smarter Huddles, Better Flow: Why Most Bed Huddles Fall Short and What It Takes to Fix Them
Hospital leaders do not lack data. They do not lack meetings. What they often lack is a reliable way to turn daily coordination into consistent execution. Managing patient flow requires coordination across multiple teams, each with their own priorities, pressures, and responsibilities. Bed huddles are meant to solve this. They bring together nursing, case management, […]
Stronger Teams, Smoother Days: Inside City of Hope Corona’s Nurse Pull Patient Assignment Approach
A growing demand, a strained process City of Hope Corona‘s outpatient infusion center serves a wide and diverse patient population, many traveling long distances for cancer care, hematology treatments, and supportive therapies. As one of the more geographically accessible sites in the City of Hope network, demand for services continues to grow. But with that […]
Why AI in the Perioperative Environment Matters Now
Technology in the perioperative space is no longer a future-state concept. It is an active and accelerating force reshaping how surgical care is delivered. The conversation has moved beyond disruption to one of adoption and transformation. From AI-assisted robotics to predictive analytics, new tools are arriving faster than ever and influencing everything from clinical workflows […]
Mission in Motion: A Conversation with Tiane Kneerim, Associate Director of Customer Outcomes, iQueue for Operating Rooms
Behind every LeanTaaS solution are the people who bring our mission to life. Mission in Motion is a blog series that highlights the team members whose experiences, perspectives, and dedication help drive our work to transform healthcare operations with AI. In this edition of Mission in Motion, we’re featuring Tiane Kneerim, Associate Director of Customer […]
Fairness and Bias in Healthcare AI: From Known Risks to Operational Guardrails
Artificial intelligence (AI) now plays a meaningful role in how healthcare systems operate, and with that growth, bias in healthcare AI has become a critical operational and ethical concern. From forecasting demand to optimizing the use of limited resources, AI increasingly influences access, prioritization, and outcomes. As these systems scale, so does the responsibility to […]
Mission in Motion: A Conversation with Marcus Lee, Account Executive, iQueue for Surgical Clinics
At LeanTaaS, our mission to transform healthcare operations with AI is powered by the people behind the technology. Mission in Motion is a blog series that introduces the team members whose expertise, creativity, and personal journeys inspire the work we do every day. In honor of Black History Month, we are thrilled to feature Marcus […]
Built From Within: Interns Who Launched Full-Time Careers at LeanTaaS
At LeanTaaS, we believe the best way to recruit talent is to nurture it. Our internship program is designed to provide real-world, impactful experience, and nothing makes us prouder than seeing our interns choose to continue their journey with us as full-time employees (FTEs). Over the past two years, five outstanding individuals made the leap […]
Mission in Motion: A Conversation with Becca Baumel, Senior Customer Success Manager, iQueue for Infusion Centers
Behind every solution at LeanTaaS is a team of passionate experts dedicated to transforming healthcare operations with the help of AI – the problem solvers who bring empathy, knowledge, and passion to the work of improving patient care. Mission in Motion is our ongoing series that spotlights these team members, whose unique journeys into healthcare […]