Solving Capacity Without Construction: A New Operating Model for Daily Hospital Flow
As patient demand continues to grow, health systems are increasingly challenged to create capacity without relying on new construction or additional beds. Sarasota Memorial Health Care System addressed this by evolving how patient flow is managed day to day, building a more consistent and predictive operating model across the organization. In this session, Susan Grimwood […]
Practical Guidance for Predictive Flow: How University Health Is Extending Their EHR to Improve ED and Inpatient Throughput
Emergency Departments often determine the pace of the entire hospital. When patients board for hours waiting for beds, the ripple effects impact staffing, discharge timeliness, and overall capacity. To break that cycle, University Health has been strengthening the connection between ED operations and inpatient flow using real-time and predictive intelligence layered on top of their […]
Winning the Complexity Game: The New Model for Optimizing Inpatient Operations To Unlock the ED
Inpatient operations are complex, requiring hospitals to balance patient needs, clinical resources, and capacity constraints in real time. LeanTaaS Founder and CEO Mohan Giridharadas will open the session with a high-level look at how health systems are transforming operations by combining AI, predictive analytics, and real-time data into a new model of intelligent hospital management. […]
Redesigning the Emergency Department for 15 Million Newly Uninsured: Financial and Operational Strategies to Strengthen Flow
Emergency Departments have long been the front door of the hospital — and the pressure valve for everything upstream and downstream. Yet today, EDs nationwide are facing unprecedented strain from growing patient volumes, staffing shortages, and downstream boarding challenges that ripple across the system. Now, new policy shocks threaten to intensify these pressures, with an […]
5 Million Clinicians Short by 2030: Why AI-Driven Staffing Is the Future of Capacity
By 2030, the world will face a shortfall of 5 million clinicians — but the real crisis isn’t just a numbers game. It’s a systemic mismatch between staffing capacity and the volatility of daily demand. Traditional fixes — adding more staff or relying on overtime — create inefficiencies, escalate costs, and deepen burnout. The future […]
Securing the Future: Unlocking Capacity to Protect Access and Margins Amid Policy Shocks
Hospitals today face a perfect storm: shrinking reimbursements, rising demand, and mounting workforce pressures. Policy shifts and federal funding cuts will amplify these pressures — threatening margins, straining staff, and jeopardizing patient access. Traditional levers like adding more staff or expanding physical capacity only accelerate costs without fixing the root problem. In this keynote, Mohan […]
Increasing Volumes and Achieving Systemness Through Shared Metrics at NewYork‑Presbyterian
NewYork‑Presbyterian’s infusion network spans multiple sites, and recent years have seen it adopt data‑driven scheduling and nurse‑assignment tools to boost efficiency. The partnership with iQueue has yielded clear improvements: several centers that refreshed their scheduling templates recorded 9–12 % increases in completed appointment volumes, and one site saw a 21 % boost after optimizing workflows. At Columbia, […]
Transformation in Progress: From ED Boarding to OR Throughput, What It Really Takes to Change Hospital Operations
Improving inpatient flow isn’t just a technology challenge—it’s an operational and cultural one. From discharge planning to transfer coordination to ED throughput, real transformation takes more than dashboards and point solutions. It requires real-time visibility, interdisciplinary collaboration, and sustained commitment from both internal teams and external partners. In this panel, operational and clinical leaders share […]
Inside the Future of Hospital Operations: Mohan Giridharadas Talks with Molly Gamble
In this thought-provoking Q&A, Mohan Giridharadas, CEO and Founder of LeanTaaS, joins Molly Gamble of Becker’s Healthcare to explore how health systems can harness operational excellence and data-driven decision-making to overcome persistent capacity challenges. Mohan outlines how hospitals and infusion centers face rising patient demand, workforce shortages, and financial constraints—and how leveraging predictive analytics and […]
Rising to the Challenge: Building Resilient and Sustainable Health Systems in Uncertain Times
With new legislation, inflation and ongoing staffing shortages reshaping the industry, health systems face growing pressure to do more with less. Today’s leaders must strengthen their operational resilience and sustainability to withstand whatever comes next — from more policy shifts to global crises to supply chain disruptions. This timely webinar will explore how AI-driven operational […]