Learn more about improving infusion capacity at LeanTaaS’ Transform Virtual Summit
Improving infusion capacity will be a key topic at the upcoming Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit on Dec. 7-8, 2021. Infusion center leaders, nurse managers, and schedulers can learn from the experiences of other healthcare professionals whose organizations utilize artificial intelligence and predictive analytics. Through targeted workshops and sessions, infusion center management can hear more […]
Improving surgical scheduling through the use of AI and predictive analytics
OR leaders take note — improving surgical scheduling and surgical block time utilization has become easier to achieve with the use of predictive analytics and artificial intelligence. Now, you can catch up further on the latest advances in this transformative technology, when you are part of the Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit, Dec. 7-8, 2021. Presented […]
Three keys to optimizing inpatient bed staffing
For healthcare leaders and providers, efficiently managing misaligned inpatient admissions, discharges, and transfers has always been a challenge. During the initial onset of COVID-19, hospitals were struggling to ensure they had enough bed capacity for patients to be admitted and treated safely. The struggle to manage inpatient beds is now further complicated by a shortage […]
Learn how to optimize hospital operational performance using AI and Analytics at LeanTaaS’ Transform Virtual Summit
Are you a healthcare leader looking to optimize capacity in your OR, inpatient beds, or infusion center? Block your schedule for December 7-8, 2021, and get ready to transform your hospital operational performance at the second LeanTaaS Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit. This free online event will feature a keynote from healthcare expert Dr. Scott […]
Is healthcare different from other asset-heavy industries? Managing capacity for hospital operations improvement
To fulfill the potential of hospital operations improvement and optimize our capacity, we need look no further than the asset-heavy, data-driven industries that have unlocked theirs. Every day, UPS has to predict where millions of packages are going to originate on future days and where they are going to go. Many of these will be overnight […]
Innovations and best practices for infusion center scheduling, from Novant Health
Novant Health and Presbyterian Medical Center, part of a large not-for-profit healthcare system in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, opened a new, larger chemotherapy and infusion center in 2020. Novant Health Nurse managers Lisa Rioux, RN, BSN, OCN, CRNI and Susan Perella, RN, OCN were part of the implementation team responsible for its successful […]
Addressing staff shortage in infusion centers: how AI can help
Louis Pasteur said, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” In highly specialized and unpredictable environments like infusion centers, which often struggle to retain nurses and staff for the long term, it often seems impossible to adequately prepare. Scheduling in infusion settings is highly complex, wait times are long, and nurses are usually rushed. Clinician burnout and […]
The future of work at LeanTaaS is flexibility-first: what that means, and why it matters
At LeanTaaS, we’re constantly striving to increase patient access to healthcare services by transforming the operational performance of health systems across the country. We have set out to overcome an incredibly challenging problem: matching the supply of some of the most expensive assets used by doctors and nurses — think hospital beds and operating rooms […]
Improving staffing management through analytics
In our recent webinar writeup, “Leveraging Your EHR Investment with Analytics,” Steve Hess, Chief Information Officer of The University of Colorado Health (UC Health), shared how the healthcare system leveraged its investment in an enterprise-wide EHR with the use of machine learning and AI. Using constraint-based optimization methods and simulation algorithms available through of LeanTaaS […]
The real reason to join startups: One month at a startup > One year at a big company
When people think of leaving big companies for startups, one of the biggest considerations they assess is financial risk. You’re likely going to take a pay cut, forgo some unvested stock at the current company, and take a leap of faith in the startup’s ability to succeed. That’s important, but in my experience what’s equally […]