How OHSU is Leveraging AI and Change Management to Alleviate Staffing Challenges in the OR
Staffing challenges in the operating room (OR) have presented significant hurdles for health systems across the nation. Leaders and managers continue to face daunting challenges in matching the supply of OR staff to the unpredictable demands of surgery schedules. The planning process, often reactive and time-consuming, lacks the proactive approach necessary for optimal outcomes and […]
Accelerating Outcomes: How AI Helps Command Centers Achieve More
Healthcare systems have made tremendous strides in delivering quality care despite rising complexity and cost pressures. Their accomplishments speak to the skill and dedication leaders have invested in optimizing clinical and operational processes. Yet the most innovative recognize there are always new heights to reach. Guided by a commitment to continuous improvement and equipped with […]
The Path to Profitability: How AI-Powered Capacity and Staffing Optimization Solutions Can Increase EBITDA by 5 Percentage Points
Every day, financial burdens are forcing more and more hospitals to close their doors or merge with competitors. Turning around healthcare profit margins requires effective and optimized capacity and workforce management. When done right, optimizing your resources — including operating rooms, infusion chairs, inpatient areas, and staff — can increase EBITDA by 5 percentage points. […]
From Experiment to Scaled Deployment: How Health Systems Can Leverage Tech and AI in Hospital Operations
This webinar navigates the journey of health systems in adopting and scaling technology and AI in hospital operations, featuring leaders from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Loma Linda University Health. Discussions revolve around the critical role of leaders in decision-making around technology adoption, operational challenges like capacity constraints and staffing shortages, and […]
Unlocking Surgical Volume: Strategies for Improving OR Capacity through Data-Driven Decisions
Knowing how and where to allocate block time is a notoriously challenging problem to solve for perioperative leaders. Time in the operating room (OR) is a finite resource, and nearly every surgeon leader has a need for additional block time. Even when surgical service lines or surgeons receive requested block time, underutilization is common while […]
Resilience in Action: Infusion Centers as Catalysts for Innovation featuring Duke Health
In the session “Resilience in Action: Infusion Centers as Catalysts for Innovation featuring Duke Health,” attendees will explore how infusion centers, following the challenges of the pandemic, can leverage resilience to address fundamental operational issues. The session emphasizes the necessity of confronting difficult problems, such as optimizing lab processes and decoupling clinic and infusion appointments. […]
Make AI Work for the Workforce: Empowering Staff and Systems to Thrive
AI-powered technology is a critical tool in a health system’s toolbox to help close the staffing gap. One-third of the nursing workforce is expected to retire within the next 10-15 years, and this long-term challenge cannot be solved with recruitment and training alone. By utilizing AI to optimize staff scheduling, smooth workloads, and eliminate administrative […]
From Conflict to Collaboration: A Deep Dive into Data-Driven Decision-Making
Maximizing surgeon and staff productivity and efficient use of operating room time (and minimizing conflict) that arises around surgeon accessibility and efficient use of operating room time is an achievable goal when all stakeholders have the capability to easily access transparent and actionable data. Adopting technology with predictive and prescriptive data analytics drives meaningful conversations, […]
Optimizing OR Flow: How Data-Driven Insights Help Anesthesia Groups and Hospitals Work Smarter, Together
Join UCHealth’s Associate Chief Medical Officer Perioperative Services to gain insight on how data-driven insights optimized operating room scheduling and drive efficiency gains. By leveraging both technology and standardizing workflows, the UCHealth team continues to enhance coordination and efficiency between anesthesia groups and hospitals with impressive results. Three Learning objectives:
Optimizing the Surgical Workflow: Strategies for Improved Patient Access and Surgeon Satisfaction
In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, perioperative leaders face numerous challenges, including increased patient volumes, complex scheduling, and limited resources. To overcome these obstacles and provide exceptional patient care, it is crucial to quickly identify opportunities in order to streamline the surgical workflow. The challenges of maximizing patient access, ensuring surgeon satisfaction, and achieving resource utilization […]