The Great Workforce Transformation: What Technology Scales, What Fails, and What’s Next
Health systems are entering 2026 with the same hard truths: demand is rising, labor is not, and margins cannot absorb continued reliance on premium staffing. In this panel, health system executives from both high-competition urban markets and resource-limited rural regions will share how they are rethinking workforce strategy through technology—strengthening culture, attracting and retaining tech-savvy […]
Winning the Complexity Game: Unlocking Capacity in Infusion Centers
Infusion centers sit at the crossroads of rising demand, workforce constraints, and increasing treatment complexity. Yet many organizations still manage infusion using static schedules, chair-based planning, and disconnected workflows that limit access, strain staff, and cap growth—often without clear visibility into where capacity is truly lost. LeanTaaS Founder and CEO Mohan Giridharadas will open the […]
How Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Cleared Its Entire Surgical Backlog in 3 Months
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC), a 427-bed community medical center, faced a daunting 2–3 month surgical backlog. In just 90 days, they eliminated it entirely. In this session, Martha Soto and Maria Cortez share how their team leveraged data-driven strategies and technology to overcome fragmented scheduling processes, manual workflows, and communication barriers across multiple […]
Winning the Complexity Game: Perioperative Orchestration of Supply and Demand
Surgical services are among the most complex and financially significant areas of hospital operations. Departments must balance access, case growth, and resource constraints—yet many still rely on disconnected systems and reactive processes that create inefficiencies, lost cases, and day-of-surgery disruptions. LeanTaaS Co-Founder and CEO Mohan Giridharadas will open the session with a high-level look at […]
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 […]