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Constrained nursing and anesthesia resources make managing an OR stressful enough. Add inefficient block management processes to the mix, and hospitals have a recipe for frustrated perioperative staff and fewer patients able to receive critical care. But what does building a more effective, less stressful strategy for optimizing the operating room really look like? Senior Director of Business Operations for Perioperative and Procedural Services at The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS), Megan Eubanks, MBA shares the health system's experience with our Chief Revenue Officer, Ashley Walsh. In the webinar, you'll hear how in less than a year, TUKHS transformed their approach to block management to achieve impressive results, including: ✅ 11% increase in block utilization ✅ 3% increase in prime time utilization ✅ 98% more manual releases/transfers of time before the auto-release deadlines Listen on-demand today! https://bit.ly/4a7Ljmt

In an ideal scenario, a hospital’s patient flow would be fully optimized — but this ideal state is hard to achieve. Demand is highly variable, patient arrival and departure times are unpredictable, and staff may not always have access to accurate, real-time data. By implementing AI technology, health systems have the opportunity to empower staff with predictive insights and workflow automation to drive proactive coordination and take a first step toward making fully optimized patient flow a reality. 🤖 Our VP of Client Services, Inpatient Flow, Jason Harber offers a look into the key areas where AI can unlock inpatient flow on our blog. Check it out to learn more! https://bit.ly/3WfIxak

OhioHealth’s Grant Medical Center (GMC) is nationally recognized for its delivery of quality trauma and surgical care, but performing so many cases in a busy setting with high standards led to operational challenges. Specifically, the center had difficulty with case length accuracy as it relied on surgeon requests for case length times. This practice led to highly inaccurate case times and surgeons booking well past their allotted blocks, causing staff burnout and excessive overtime. EHR tools were implemented, but they did not address this challenge. OhioHealth implemented iQueue for Operating Rooms, which gave clinics full visibility into how long their cases were truly taking. They have since achieved 70% accuracy in case length predictions, within a 15-minute window. 🏥✨ Explore the rest of OhioHealth's notable milestones and how they leveraged the power of data-driven insights in our case study! https://bit.ly/3H2yo8v

Powerful data analytics and AI-powered scheduling proved to be the key to enhancing care delivery, improving patient experience and staff satisfaction, and reaching true operational excellence for UCSF Health. "[In 2019], we experienced significant volume growth. Yet, with iQueue templates and data analytics available to us, our wait times remained relatively flat. Both patient and staff experience were positive during this time of growth and we were able to optimize capacity using our iQueue tools." You can hear more from Marisa Quinn, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Director of Nursing, Infusion Services and Cancer Support Programs on how iQueue powered UCSF Health's operational transformation in her session from our recent #LeanTaaSTransform. Catch her full session, along with all the other informative sessions on-demand here: https://bit.ly/4f1nY91

Traditional block management processes are often manual, time-consuming, and reactive - three traits that make the challenge of optimizing OR time that much harder to solve. Instead, perioperative leaders need to embrace a proactive, data-driven approach. Discover how health systems like MultiCare Health System are turning to the power of AI to more effectively match supply and demand, improve block management practices, and enhance strategic operational decision-making with MultiCare's Associate Vice President of Perioperative Services, Chris Hunt, MBA, MSHA, BSN, RN, CSSM, NEA-BC. His session from our latest #LeanTaaSTransform is available on-demand, not to mention the rest of our informative sessions - tune in! https://bit.ly/3xy5UT1

"Historical approaches to staff shortages such as workforce management systems, new consulting practices, and centralized staffing models have reached their limits and are not designed for long-term success...Solving today’s problems starts with leveraging people, process, and technology." Our VP of Client Services Jason Harber and Principal Product Manager for iQueue for Inpatient Flow, Bryan Dickerson, explore why it's time for the healthcare industry to pivot away from traditional staffing practices and toward the combined power of AI, integrated workflows, and change management to achieve sustainable staffing success in Becker's Healthcare. 🤖💡 Check out their article to learn more! https://bit.ly/4cIysYM

Before iQueue for Infusion Centers, nurses at SSM Health struggled with imbalanced workloads and frequently missed breaks stemming from busy morning rushes, slow afternoons, and inefficient scheduling processes. After iQueue for Infusion Centers, operational agility, afternoon appointment utilization, and overall nurse satisfaction have all gotten a boost. ⚡ See how SSM made scheduling bottlenecks a thing of the past, even after two years of pandemic-driven surges and the loss of several chairs due to a construction project: https://bit.ly/4caiPda

To better manage operational complexities and cost pressures, today's healthcare leaders must look to new, analytics-driven strategies for boosting performance. The forward-thinking providers at Springhill Medical Center did just that. By implementing predictive analytics and AI solutions, Springhill was able to elevate care coordination and quality through streamlined discharge processes and more effective communication channels between care teams. Executive Director of Revenue Cycle Sharon Barnicle, RHIA, CRCR shares more about Springhill's experience in tackling operational challenges with analytics. Catch her session along with the rest of our recent #LeanTaaSTransform sessions on-demand here: https://bit.ly/3VNraMy

Children's Nebraska's perioperative leaders turned to iQueue for Operating rooms for timely, trusted, and accessible OR scheduling data to optimize OR capacity management. As a result, they were able to free up a surgery schedule that was 90% blocked to ultimately deliver more efficient care and improve staff satisfaction. Mindy Bosanek, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CPNP-AC, NE-BC, Director of Surgical Services and Cynthia Harms, Perioperative Business Manager share an in-depth look into how Children's Nebraska transformed OR capacity management on HIMSS TV. Watch their full interview here: https://bit.ly/3RUtkZv

How did Cone Health enhance patient experience, reduce costs, and efficiently allocate constrained staff in the middle of a labor shortage? AI-powered predictive analytics. Assistant Director of Nursing for Oncology Services, Melanie Rodgers, RN, MSN, CPN, BRMP shares insight into how iQueue for Infusion Centers helped them uplevel existing infusion resources to achieve impressive results including: 📈 8% increase in daily completed volumes 📉 25% decrease in average infusion wait times ⌛ 78% reduction in appointments running past closing time Tune in on-demand to learn more. Plus, you can catch up on all of the other sessions from our recent #LeanTaaSTranform here: https://bit.ly/4f1nY91