From Quick Wins to Lasting Impact: How OhioHealth Grant Medical Center Boosted OR Utilization and Freed 148,000 Minutes of Surgical Time
At OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, the OR is a hub of constant activity—but like many hospitals, valuable minutes were being lost to unused block time, last-minute cancellations, and disconnected scheduling workflows. Instead of accepting those inefficiencies, the team set out to redesign how surgical time was managed. By combining AI-powered tools, structured governance, and a […]
From Fragmentation to Systemness: MultiCare’s Playbook for Unifying 13 Hospitals and Completing 3,200 More Cases in One Year
When surgical operations span 13 hospitals, fragmentation shows up everywhere—misaligned metrics, disconnected scheduling, and case volumes that don’t match capacity. At MultiCare Health System, perioperative leaders didn’t just fix these issues locally, they built a playbook to solve them system-wide. In this session, learn how MultiCare created operational alignment that delivered measurable results, including a […]
Intelligent Operations in Action: How Connected Surgical Workflows Unlock OR Capacity
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 […]
Intelligent Operations in Action: Optimizing Patient Flow to Unlock Patient Access and Streamline 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. […]
Making Space for Life Saving Care: How Baptist Health Improved System-Wide Flow and Reduced ED Boarding by 525 Patients a Month
When inpatient flow slows down, it doesn’t just delay one discharge, it backs up the entire system. At Baptist Health Medical Center–North Little Rock, rising ED boarding, long patient placement times, and inconsistent processes across departments were all adding up. But instead of expanding bed capacity, the team took a different path: they redesigned how […]
Real Questions from Healthcare Leaders, Answered: A Conversation with Mohan Giridharadas and Molly Gamble
In this exclusive interview from Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit (June 10–11, 2025), Molly Gamble, Vice President of Editorial at Becker’s Healthcare, sits down with LeanTaaS Founder and CEO Mohan Giridharadas. The conversation is fueled by real, unfiltered questions submitted by health system leaders from across the country — covering pressing challenges like nurse burnout, […]
The Formula for Operational Excellence: Unlocking Surgical Capacity
Surgical departments face growing pressure to expand access, reduce delays, and manage increasingly complex workflows—all while optimizing staff and financial resources. Yet many hospitals still operate with disconnected systems and reactive processes, leading to lost cases, inefficient block utilization, and day-of-surgery chaos. In this session, Rami Karjian, Head of the OR Business at LeanTaaS, will […]
Strategic Perioperative Transformation: How Rush Achieved 5% Case Volume Growth and 8% Increase in Case Minutes with Surgeon Centric Execution
As health systems navigate increasing surgical demand and financial pressures, hospitals must optimize operating room (OR) utilization and align case volumes across inpatient and ambulatory surgery center (ASC) settings to achieve strategic growth and financial sustainability. This presentation showcases RUSH’s transformative approach to: right-sizing block allocation, driving surgeon engagement and excitement, optimizing OR access, and […]
Overcoming Coverage and Operational Challenges in Anesthesia
Modern anesthesia departments face increasingly complex challenges in managing coverage across traditional operating rooms and non-operating room anesthesia (NORA) locations. This roundtable discussion brings together leading experts to explore innovative approaches to these operational challenges through the lens of advanced analytics and technology solutions. In this session, Dr. Attila Kett, Chairman of Anesthesiology at Northwell […]
The Formula for Operational Excellence: Optimizing Patient Flow to Unlock the ED
Emergency department (ED) boarding continues to strain hospitals nationwide, resulting in delayed care, staff burnout, and poor outcomes. But ED congestion is not an isolated issue—it’s often a downstream symptom of broader operational misalignment across inpatient settings. Unlocking sustainable improvements requires a shift upstream.In this session, Jason Harber, Senior Vice President of Client Services for […]